Research Catalog

Title

Metal metabolism in aquatic environments / William J. Langston and Maria Jonão Bebianno, editors.

Publication

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Langston, William J.
• Bebianno, Maria João.

Description

xx, 448 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

This text aims to provide an insight into how diverse forms of life interact with and are influenced by metals and how they vary in their ability to bioaccumulate, utilize, store, transform, detoxify and redistribute metals aqueously.

Series Statement

Chapman & Hall ecotoxicology series ; no. 7

Uniform Title

Chapman & Hall ecotoxicology series ; no. 7.

Subject

• Aquatic ecology
• Metals > Physiological effect
• Metals > Metabolism
• Biotic communities
• Metals > metabolism
• Ecosystem
• Water Pollutants > adverse effects
• Métaux > Effets physiologiques
• Métaux > Métabolisme
• Écosystèmes
• Biotic communities
• Aquatic ecology
• Metals > Metabolism
• Metals > Physiological effect
• Hydrobiologie
• Metall
• Stoffwechsel
• Wasserverschmutzung
• Hydrobiologie
• Milieutoxicologie
• Metalen
• Metals > Physiology
• Métaux > Aspect de l'environnement
• Eau > Teneur en métaux
• Eau de mer > Teneur en métaux
• Mer > Pollution par les métaux
• Eaux continentales > Pollution par les métaux

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• MECHANISMS OF METAL UPTAKE / Ken Simkiss -- The structure of the cell membrane -- Traversing the membrane, traversing the cell -- Systems of the metal uptake -- THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LIVING ORGANISMS AND METALS IN INTERTIDAL AND SUBTIDAL SETTLEMENTS / Carlos Vale & Bjorn Sundby -- Chemical zonation in sediments -- Interactions of plants and animals with sediments -- Sediment water interaction unique to benthic animals: bioturbation -- MICROORGANISMS AND THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF METALS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS / David Barrie Johnson -- Mechanisms of microbially mediated transformations and mobilization/immobilization of metals -- Cycling of iron in aquatic environments -- Cycling of manganese in aquatic environments -- Overview and biotechnological perspectives -- METAL ACCUMULATION AND IMPACTS IN PHYTOPLANKTON / James G. Sanders & Gerhardt F. Riedel -- Metal accumulation -- Metal complexation, binding strategies and biotransformation -- Ecotoxicological implications -- MERCURY IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS / Togwell A. Jackson -- The chemistry of Hg -- Bioavailability and bioaccumulation: controlling factors -- Toxicity and detoxification -- The biogeochemical cycle of mercury -- ARSENIC METABOLISM IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS / John S. Edmonds & Kevin A. Francesconi -- Arsenic in seawater -- Uptake of arsenate by algae -- Arsenic metabolism in algae -- The biogenesis of arsenobetaine -- DETERMINANTS OF TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN MARINE ORGANISMS / Murray T. Brown & Michael H. Depledge -- Trace metal contamination of marine ecosystems -- Trace metal concentrations in marine biota -- Speciation and bioavailability of trace metals -- Sources of trace metals for uptake -- Uptake mechanisms -- Accumulation of trace metals -- Elimination of trace metals -- Regulation of trace metal accumulation -- Resistance mechanisms -- Allometry -- Interactions among trace metals -- Seasonal variation -- Sex, reproductive status and moulting -- Inter-individual variability -- Influence of climate and geography -- Unusual cases of metal accumulation.
• METAL HANDLING STRATEGIES IN MOLLUSCS / William J. Langston, Maria Joao Bebianno & Gary R. Burt -- Bioavailability and assimilation pathways -- Subcellular components of metal metabolism -- Diagnostic indicators of metal contamination in the environment -- PHYLOGENY OF TRACE METAL ACCUMULATION IN CRUSTACEANS / Philip S. Rainbow -- Crustacean evolution -- Preadaptations to trace metal biology -- Crustacean examples of trace metal accumulation patterns -- Comparative summary of crustacean accumulation patterns for zinc -- MECHANISMS OF HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION AND TOXICITY IN FISH / Per-Erik Olsson, Peter Kling & Christer Hogstrand -- Uptake -- Distribution -- Accumulation and storage -- Physiological and biochemical effects -- Excretion -- Significance of biochemical and physiological responses in terms of environmental hazard assessment -- INFLUENCE OF ECOLOGICAL FACTORS ON ACCUMULATION OF METAL MIXTURES / Claude Amiard-Triquet & Jean-Claude Amiard -- Methodologies -- Case studies -- Tentative explanations -- METALS AND MARINE FOOD CHAINS / James A. Nott -- Concentration factors -- Hepatosomatic index -- Biomagnification -- Bioavailability -- Bioavailability and electrostatic binding -- Bioavailability and covalent binding -- Electrostatic binding versus covalent binding -- Biphasic digestion -- Metal metabolism -- METAL ACCUMULATION AND DETOXIFICATION IN HUMANS / Hing Man Chan -- Absorption -- Body distribution -- Excretion -- Toxicology -- Metabolism and detoxification -- Public health considerations.

ISBN

• 0412803704
• 9780412803703

LCCN

97077953

OCLC

• ocm39971002
• 39971002
• SCSB-417733

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library