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    The document discusses ecotoxicology, which deals with the fate and effects of contaminants in the biosphere. It covers topics like uptake and retention of pollutants by organisms, and effects on populations and communities. The goal is to predict pollutant effects on ecosystems and develop methods to assess response at different levels of biological organization.

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    The document discusses ecotoxicology, which deals with the fate and effects of contaminants in the biosphere. It covers topics like uptake and retention of pollutants by organisms, and effects on populations and communities. The goal is to predict pollutant effects on ecosystems and develop methods to assess response at different levels of biological organization.

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    Environmental contamination is not new but the efforts to do something about it are originated from the widespread concern caused by atmospheric testing. Ecotoxicology is concerned with the toxic effects of chemical and physical agents on living organisms, especially on populations and communities within defined ecosystems; it includes the transfer pathways of those agents and their interactions with the environment. Deepthimahanthi Divya"Ecotoxicology-Study aspects" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd11057.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/biological-science/ecology/11057/ecotoxicology-study-aspects/deepthimahanthi-divya

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    International Journal of Trend in Scientific

    Research and Development (IJTSRD)


    International Open Access Journal
    ISSN No: 2456 - 6470 | www.ijtsrd.com | Volume - 2 | Issue – 3

    Ecotoxicology
    Ecotoxicology-Study aspects

    Deepthimahanthi Divya
    Lecturer in Zoology, St.Anns College for Women, Hyderabad, India

    ABSTRACT
    Environmental contamination is not new but the transported geogreaphically
    phically and in to different biota,
    efforts to do something about it are originated from giving rise to compounds which have quite different
    the widespread concern caused by atmospheric environmental behavior patterns and toxic properties.
    testing. Ecotoxicology is concerned with the toxic
    The effects of pollutants in different populations,
    effects of chemical and physical agents on living
    Communities of receptors; thus one has to assess the
    organisms, especially on populations and
    response of individual organisms to the specified
    communities within defined ecosystems; it includes
    the transfer pathways of those agents and their pollutant over appropriate time scale.
    interactions with the environment. The results of these effects on the welfare of
    ecosystems and ultimately on the biosphere is the
    Keywords: Environment, Toxic chemicals, Agents
    ultimate goal of this recent area-
    area ecotoxicology.The
    Pollution
    history , Scope and needs of this ecotoxicology was
    INTRODUCTION studied and reviewed by Trahut (1975).
    Ecotoxicology deals with the fate and effects of Uptake of Toxicants by various organisms:
    contaminants in the biosphere (Newman, 1998).
    Contrary to human toxicology, which is concerned Uptake is the absorption of the substance in to t
    with effects of chemicals on the individual extracellular fluid for system metabolism shown by
    organism, ecotoxicology is concerned with toxic organisms, Methyl mercury is absorbed through the
    effects on ecological entities, i.e. populations, gills by the fresh water fish and this respiratory uptake
    communities or ecosystems. . Ecotoxicology is a is shown to be dependent on the metabolic rate.
    multidisciplinary field, which
    integrates toxicology and ecology , the ultimate goal For terrestrial plants, Strontium-90
    Strontium uptake has been
    of this approach is to be able to reveal and to predict investigated experimentally and shown that foliar
    the effects of pollution within the context of all other deposition is much more important than uptake by the
    environmental factors. Based on this knowledge the roots as the mechanism for contamination of the
    most efficient and effective action to prevent or forage plants.
    remediate any detrimental effect can be identified
    identified. Retention of pollutants:
    Assessment & Ultimate effect of Environment The knowledge of retention of a pollutant by
    pollutants: organism is useful in determining toxic effects. It can
    Chemical and physical form
    orm of the pollutants released be obtained by estimation of substance remaining in
    to the environment cause serious problem in the the body or by measuring the total amount excreted
    environment. Transformation of the pollutants by per unit time.
    abiotic and biotic processes during transport from the Excretion values are very useful for monitoring of
    point of release to the receptor; so the pollutant is contaminated organisms. In case of monitoring
    monitor of

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    Apr 2018 Page: 1255
    International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) ISSN: 2456-6470
    workers contaminated by toxicants, samples of urine
    and faeces. Intake of a toxicant either through
    epidermis, respiratory organs or gut of terrestrial
    animals depends very much upon the precise form of
    the toxicant., both chemical species and the degree
    and type of physical aggregation.

    Conclusion:
    Concepts and methods are to be developed to predict
    the effects of pollutant on population communities
    existing in nature. Different studies reveal that uptake
    of both uptake of both toxic heavy metals and
    organohalogens is most often initiated by a phase of
    rapid and passive absorption of the cell wall.

    References:

    1) Altenburger, Rolf (2011). "Chapter 1.


    Understanding combined effects for metal co-
    exposure in ecotoxicology". Metal ions in
    toxicology: effects, interactions,
    interdependencies. pp. 1–
    26. doi:10.1039/9781849732116-00001.
    2) Agency, United States Environmental Protection.
    "Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
    Prevention." 5 October 2011. U.S Environmental
    Protection Agency. 9 December 2011.]
    3) Ecology by P.D.Sharma & M.P.Arora.
    4) Jamieson, A. J., Malkocs, T., Piertney, S.
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