Assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences.

Recent interest has been expressed in the possible need to develop ways to detect and quantify pollutants that affect evolution. Although environmental pollutants clearly can affect evolutionary processes, the evolutionary changes are a response to ecosystem-level toxicity elicited by the pollutant,...

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Autor principal: LeBlanc, G A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8033857
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description Recent interest has been expressed in the possible need to develop ways to detect and quantify pollutants that affect evolution. Although environmental pollutants clearly can affect evolutionary processes, the evolutionary changes are a response to ecosystem-level toxicity elicited by the pollutant, rather than a direct effect of the pollutant on evolution. Accordingly, emphasis needs to be placed on assessing the adverse effects of environmental pollutants on ecosystem structure and function in order to avoid subsequent evolutionary consequences.
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spelling pubmed-15671212006-09-19 Assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences. LeBlanc, G A Environ Health Perspect Research Article Recent interest has been expressed in the possible need to develop ways to detect and quantify pollutants that affect evolution. Although environmental pollutants clearly can affect evolutionary processes, the evolutionary changes are a response to ecosystem-level toxicity elicited by the pollutant, rather than a direct effect of the pollutant on evolution. Accordingly, emphasis needs to be placed on assessing the adverse effects of environmental pollutants on ecosystem structure and function in order to avoid subsequent evolutionary consequences. 1994-03 /pmc/articles/PMC1567121/ /pubmed/8033857 Text en
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title Assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences.
title_full Assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences.
title_fullStr Assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences.
title_full_unstemmed Assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences.
title_short Assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences.
title_sort assessing deleterious ecosystem-level effects of environmental pollutants as a means of avoiding evolutionary consequences.
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