This new book illustrates the complex nature of ecotoxicological issues by describing the assessment and monitoring of pollutants in the environment and their impacts upon it. Information and methodology is provided for determining the extent of ecological damage caused by a given substance. The growth of legislation surrounding environmental protection is discussed, looking at laws which seek to expand the scope of protection, and those shifting the level of investigation from the individual pollutant to the ecosystem as a whole. Pollutants are only one of a number of different environmental...