title: Hormesis: interpreting the beta-curve using control theory.
abstract: Data from experiments exposing colonial hydroids to toxic growth inhibitors have provided evidence of growth control mechanisms that respond adaptively to counter toxic inhibition. Analysis of growth data and the development of simulation models provide an interpretation of both alpha- and beta-curves. The hypothesis also suggests that hormesis is related to adaptation by growth control mechanisms that confer tolerance to subsequent exposure.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Stebbing
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D003300:Copper / Q000633:toxicity; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008954:Models, Biological; D013598:Systems Theory
chemical_list: D003300:Copper