Ecotoxicological risk profiles of chemicals

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Risiko, Chemikalien, Antifouling, Biozide, Risikoanalyse, Indikatoren, Tributylzinn, Kupfer, Monte Carlo, Ausbreitungsmodell. - In the first part of the dissertation, a novel concept for the comparative risk evaluation of environmental effects of chemicals is presented. Starting with an overview of strenghts and weaknesses of published methods, the use of the five indicators release, spatiotemporal range, bioaccumulation, biological activity and uncertainty is proposed. The five indicators taken together constitute an ecotoxicological risk profile for each of the evaluated substances, which enables manufacturers ..