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Stressor vs Ecotoxicity - What's the difference?

stressor | ecotoxicity |

As nouns the difference between stressor and ecotoxicity

is that stressor is an environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism while ecotoxicity is the potential for biological, chemical or physical stressors to affect ecosystems.

stressor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (psychology, biology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 670:
  • *:These paradoxical pleasures [...] are acquired by controlling one's exposure to the stressor in gradually increasing doses.

    • ecotoxicity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ecotoxicity)
  • The potential for biological, chemical or physical stressors to affect ecosystems.