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Time is of the essence
Author(s) -
Heckmann LarsHenrik,
Baas Jan,
Jager Tjalling
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.163
Subject(s) - organism , ecotoxicology , stressor , ecology , interpretation (philosophy) , life history , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental science , computer science , psychology , biology , medicine , clinical psychology , paleontology , programming language
An organism is a dynamic system, and its life history results from underlying processes in time. The effects of biological and chemical stressors on this system therefore also change temporally. In the present short communication, we emphasize the importance of including time as a factor in stress ecology and ecotoxicology and argue that current standard test protocols may benefit considerably from this, improving data interpretation and thus also risk assessment and risk management. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2010;29:1396–1398. © 2010 SETAC