top-down ecotoxicological study

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15098
Approach to investigating ecotoxicological effects that starts with a determination of the presence and nature of any adverse effects via responses at community and ecosystem levels of organization rather than the suborganismal levels of organization.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 956 [Terms] [Paper]