Principles of ecotoxicology: 2nd
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : C H Walker; et al
- ناشر : London ; New York : Taylor & Francis
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2001
- شابک / ISBN : 9780748409396
Description
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.
