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Principles of ecotoxicology
- Title
- Principles of ecotoxicology / C.H. Walker [and others].
- Publication
- London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2001.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Walker, C. H. (Colin Harold), 1936-
- Description
- xvi, 309 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "This second edition of Principles of Ecotoxicology builds upon the foundations laid by the outstanding success of the first edition. The text progresses from the molecular basis of pollutant toxicity to consequent effects at higher levels of organisation - cellular, whole organism, population, community and ecosystem." "It is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers from a wide variety of backgroundsenvironmental chemists, toxicologists, zoologists, biologists and agriculturalists. Professionals working in these areas will also find it a valuable reference point."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[275]-300) and index.
- Contents
- Pollutants and Their Fate in Ecosystems -- Major Classes of Pollutant -- Inorganic ions -- Organic pollutants -- Organometallic compounds -- Radioactive isotopes -- Gaseous pollutants -- Routes by Which Pollutants Enter Ecosystems -- Entry into surface waters -- Contamination of land -- Discharge into the atmosphere -- Quantification of release of pollutants -- Long-range Movements and Global Transport of Pollutants -- Factors determining movement and distribution of pollutants -- Transport in water -- Transport in air -- Models for environmental distribution of chemicals -- The Fate of Metals and Radioactive Isotopes in Contaminated Ecosystems -- Terrestrial ecosystems -- Aquatic systems -- The Fate of Organic Pollutants in Individuals and in Ecosystems -- Fate within individual organisms -- Organic pollutants in terrestrial ecosystems -- Organic pollutants in aquatic ecosystems -- Effects of Pollutants on Individual Organisms -- Toxicity Testing -- General principles -- Determination of the toxicity of mixtures -- Toxicity testing with terrestrial organisms -- Toxicity testing with aquatic organisms -- Risk assessment -- Toxicity testing in the field -- Alternative methods in ecotoxicity testing -- Biochemical Effects of Pollutants -- Protective biochemical responses -- Molecular mechanisms of toxicity -- Examples of molecular mechanisms of toxicity -- Physiological Effects of Pollutants -- Effects of pollutants at the cellular level -- Effects at the organ level -- Effects at the whole organism level.
- ISBN
- 0748409394
- 9780748409396
- 0748409408
- 9780748409402
- LCCN
- 00037777
- OCLC
- ocm43845582
- 43845582
- SCSB-1241281
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library