Title: top-down ecotoxicological study
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - top-down ecotoxicological study
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15098
Status: current

Definition
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.

Related Terms
- bottom-up ecotoxicological study: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14509
- community: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14531
- ecosystem: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14619

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 956 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15098/xml

Citation: Citation: 'top-down ecotoxicological study' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15098
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