Ecological mortality

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-003551",
  "term": "Ecological mortality",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A toxicant-caused loss of fitness in an individual organism that is large enough to be equivalent to its death for the ecosystem, even though the organism may still be alive. An example is an animal so impaired in feeding, escape from predators or reproduction that it no longer contributes to its population, so that it counts as a loss in ecological terms.",
  "synonyms": [
    "ecological death"
  ],
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "ecosystem"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 872 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/ecological-mortality/"
}