Ecological Toxicology

Catalog description

Prerequisite: BIOL 6060, EVSC 6010, or consent of instructor. A study of the mechanisms of toxicity in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including the measurement of response, uptake, metabolism, and excretion of toxicants; design and interpretation of toxicity tests, hazard evaluation, risk assessment, and toxics reduction plans; fate and transport processes and advanced approaches in automated computer-assisted monitoring will be evaluated.