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Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminants in Soil

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Nico M. Straalen

    1. Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

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  2. Hans Løkke

    1. Department of Terrestrial Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Ecological approaches in soil ecotoxicology

      • Nico M. Van Straalen, Hans Løkke
      Pages 3-21
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About this book

Many industrialized and developing countries are faced with the assessment of potential risks associated with contaminated land. A variety of human activities have left their impacts on soils in the form of elevated and locally high concentrations of potential toxicants. In several cases sources have not yet been stopped and contamination continues. Decisions on the management of contaminated sites and on the regulation of chemicals in the terrestrial environment require information on the extent to which toxicants adversely affect the life support function of soils. Ecological insights into the soil as an ecosystem may support such decisions. This book reviews the latest ecological principles that should be considered in this respect.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

    Nico M. Straalen

  • Department of Terrestrial Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark

    Hans Løkke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminants in Soil

  • Editors: Nico M. Straalen, Hans Løkke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6361-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-75900-0Published: 31 May 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7922-5Published: 31 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6361-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 333

  • Topics: Pollution, general, Ecotoxicology, Ecology

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