Quantitative ecotoxicology. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael C. Newman.
• Other Names: Newman, Michael C
• Contents: Introduction; Ecotoxicology as a Scientific Discipline; Toxicants and Biosphere; Toxicant Effects in Ecosystems; Toxicant Fate in Ecosystems; Organization of Knowledge Based on Explanatory Principles; Bayesian Inference; Toward Strongest Possible Inference and Clear Ecological Relevance; References; ; The Measurement Process ; General; Regions of Quantitation; Blank Correction; Accuracy and Precision; Variance Structure; Sample Size; Outliers; Summary; References; ; Bioaccumulation ; General Modeling Bioaccumulation: General Approach; Modeling Bioaccumulation: Alternative Approaches; Intrinsic Factors Affecting Bioaccumulation; Summary; References; ; Lethal and Other Quantal Responses to Stress ; General; Dose-Response at a Set Endpoint; Time to Death; Quantifying the Effects of Extrinsic Factors; Quantifying Effects of Intrinsic Factors; Toxicant Mixtures; Summary; References; ; Statistical Tests for Detection of Chronic Lethal and Sublethal Stress ; General; Method Selection; One-Way Analysis of Variance; Test of Normality: Shapiro–Wilk’s Test; Test for Homogeneity of Variances: Bartlett’s Test; Treatment Means Compared to the Control Mean; Monotonic Trend: Williams’s Test; Steel’s Multiple Treatment-Control Rank Sum Test; Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test with Bonferroni’s Adjustment; A Second Look at Statistical Testing; Inferring Biological Significance from Statistical Significance; Summary; References; ; Population and Metapopulation Effects ; General; Epidemiology; Population Size; Demography; Spatial Distribution of Individuals; Population Genetics; Summary; References; ; Community Effects; General; Simple Species Interactions; Community Structure and Function; Composite Indices; Metacommunities; Trophic Exchange; Summary; References; ; Summary; Application; Facilitating Growth of the Science; References; Appendices Appendix 1: Factors for Estimating Standard Deviation and Control Limits for Range Appendix 2: One-Sample Tolerance Probability Comparisons between nm * and nm Appendix 3: Critical Values of T Used to Test for Single Outliers (One-Sided Test) Appendix 4: Critical Values for λ Used to Test for Multiple Outliers (α = 0.05) Appendix 5: Response Metameters for Proportion Affected Appendix 6: Maximum Likelihood Values for Dixon’s Up-and-Down Method Appendix 7: E Values Used to Estimate 95% Confidence Intervals for LT50 with the Litchfield Method Appendix 8: Coefficients (an–i+1 ) for Shapiro–Wilk’s Test for Normality Appendix 9: Percentage Points of Shapiro–Wilk’s W Test for Normality Appendix 10: Dunnett’s t for One-Sided Comparisons between p Treatment Means and a Control for α = 0.05 Appendix 11: Dunnett’s t for Two-Sided Comparisons between p Treatment Means and a Control for α = 0.05 Appendix 12: Bonferroni’s Adjusted t Values for One-Sided Test and α = 0.01 Appendix 13: Bonferroni’s Adjusted t Values for One-Sided Test and α = 0.05 Appendix 14: Bonferroni’s Adjusted t Values for Two-Sided Test and α = 0.01 Appendix 15: Bonferroni’s Adjusted t Values for Two-Sided Test and α = 0.05 Appendix 16: Dunn–Šidák’s t for Comparisons between p Treatment Means and a Control for α = 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.20 (One-Sided Test) Appendix 17: Dunn–Šidák’s t for Comparisons between p Treatment Means and a Control for α = 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.20 (Two-Sided Test) Appendix 18: Williams’s ti, α for w = 1 and Extrapolation βt (Superscript) for a One-Sided Test and α = 0.01 Appendix 19: Williams’s ti, α for w = 1 and Extrapolation βt (Superscript) for a One-Sided Test and α = 0.05 Appendix 20: Williams’s ti, α for w = 1 and Extrapolation βt (Superscript) for a Two-Sided Test and α = 0.01 Appendix 21: Williams’s ti, α for w = 1 and Extrapolation βt (Superscript) for a Two-Sided Test and α = 0.05 Appendix 22: Significant Values of Steel’s Rank Sums for a One-Sided Test with α = 0.05 or 0.01 Appendix 23: Significant Values of Steel’s Rank Sums for a Two-Sided Test with α = 0.05 or 0.01 Appendix 24: Wilcoxon (Mann–Whitney) Rank-Sum Test Critical Values with Bonferroni’s Adjustments: One-Sided Test and α = 0.05 Appendix 25: Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test Critical Values with Bonferroni’s Adjustments: Two-Sided Test and α = 0.05 Appendix 26: SAS Code for Implementing the Jonckheere–Terpstra Test Appendix 27: Balancing α, β, and Effect Size (ES) Appendix 28: Basic Matrix Methods Appendix 29: Values of θ Used for Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Truncated Data Index
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.70072; Pollution -- Measurement; Environmental toxicology -- Mathematics; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy; Ecotoxicology -- methods; Environmental Pollution; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439835654; 1439835659
• Related ISBNs: 9781439835647; 1439835640
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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