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In a state of flux : The energetic pathways that move contaminants from aquatic to terrestrial environments
Author(s) -
Sullivan S. Mažeika P.,
Rodewald Amanda D.
Publication year - 2012
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.1842
Subject(s) - aquatic ecosystem , terrestrial ecosystem , ecology , ecosystem , bioaccumulation , environmental ethics , biology , philosophy
Today, interest continues to grow in the potential ‘‘reterres-trialization’’ of contaminants as insects, animals, birds,reptiles, and other creatures move about or via the energeticpathways that quintessentially link aquatic and terrestrialecosystems.John Muir. Henry David Thoreau, Theodore Roosevelt.Rachel Carson. Preservationists, conservationists, politi-cians, scientists, authors, and many others have all impactedthe way we view and value our environments. The 1962publication of Carson’s Silent Spring not only awakened thepublic to the problem of environmental contaminants, butalso prompted a change in the lens through which scientistsview contaminated ecosystems. Despite the debates Carson’sbook sparked, she made it clear that she was encouragingresponsible and carefully managed use and awareness of thechemicals and how they impact the entire ecosystem