The Biosphere Life Support System: A Unifying Concept for Ecotoxicologists and Ecologists

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dc.contributor.authorCairns, John Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-23T02:36:24Zen
dc.date.available2014-01-23T02:36:24Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.description.abstractThe biospheric life support system, consisting of natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides, has maintained favorable condition for humankind. Therefore, maintaining the health and integrity of the biospheric life support system is essential for the well being of humankind. Toxicologists know that increasing the biosphere s exposure to chemical substances will elicit a deleterious response in the biospheric life support system that human kind cannot afford. Ecologists know that the loss of biodiversity can be catastrophic to the ecosystem services that sustain human kind. Both scientific must come together and collaborate in order to communicate to the public how essential the biospehric life support system is to the survival of humankind.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/24988en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.johncairns.net/Papers/Biosphere.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistryen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectbiospheric life support systemen
dc.subjectecotoxicologyen
dc.subjectecologyen
dc.subjectnatural capitalen
dc.subjectecosystem servicesen
dc.titleThe Biosphere Life Support System: A Unifying Concept for Ecotoxicologists and Ecologistsen
dc.title.serialIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Managementen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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