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PART 5_2 Chemical contaminants and ecotoxicology

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Toxic Effects<br />

• The biochemical (molecular in nature) or<br />

physiological (observed at organ <strong>and</strong> whole<br />

organism levels) changes which adversely<br />

affect individual organisms’ birth, growth<br />

or mortality rates.<br />

• Both biochemical <strong>and</strong> physiological<br />

changes could lead to behavioral (whole<br />

organism level) changes

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