ASTM Standards on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

Download or read book ASTM Standards on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate written by and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 98 standards (30 new to this edition) that will help determine the effects of physical and chemical stress on aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals (including humans) and the fate, distribution and persistence of materials when introduced into the environment. Features ASTM test methods, practices and guides on: aquatic biocriteria ; aquatic toxicity testing (water and sediment) ; chemical fate ; terrestrial (field sampling and toxicity testing); and physiological/cellular/subcellular.