ecological mortality

synonym: ecological death
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14615
Toxicant-related diminution of fitness of an individual functioning within an ecosystem that is of a magnitude sufficient to be equivalent to somatic death.
Note: This concept implies that an individual organism may be so incapacitated by an environmental change that, though still alive, its contribution to the ecosystem becomes negligible.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 872 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'ecological mortality' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14615 RIS BibTex EndNote
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