Handbook of Ecotoxicology
Published on 26. May 2009
900 pages
978-1-4443-1350-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Ecotoxicology provides a readily accessible,yet critical collection of information on ecotoxicological testing.Now available in a single paperback volume, this handbookrepresents excellent value. Part A concentrates on techniques,especially those tests used for prediction. Thorough descriptionsof the main tests are provided, followed by critical analyses interms of ease of handling, repeatability and ecological relevance,and finally, an extensive bibliography citing key documentsdescribing test methods and key papers evaluating them. Part Bfocuses on the toxicants themselves: summarising their ecologicaleffects, describing ways of predicting effects fromphysico-chemical properties alone, and describing and discussingfate models.
* Now available as a single volume in paperback
* An invaluable reference resource
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Peter P. Calow is the editor of Handbook of Ecotoxicology, published by Wiley.
Content
Part I: General Principles And Overview.
1. Freshwater Systems.
Microbial Systems.
Freshwater Primary Producers.
Freshwater Invertebrate Toxicity Tests.
Freshwater Fish.
Freshwater Sediments.
Freshwater Multispecies Test Systems.
2. Marine And Estuarine Systems.
Primary Producers.
Marine And Estuarine Invertebrate Toxicity Tests.
Methods For Spawning, Culturing And Conducting Toxicity TestsWith Early Life Stages Of Estuarine.
And Marine Fishes.
The Appropriate Uses Of Marine And Estuarine SedimentBioassays.
Marine And Estuarine Multispecies Test Systems.
3. Terrestrial Systems.
Soil Invertebrates.
Terrestrial Primary Producers.
Insects, Spiders And Mites.
Birds.
Terrestrial Mammals.
4. General.
Biodegradation.
Bioaccumulation.
In Situ Biological Monitoring Of Pollution In TerrestrialAnd Aquatic Ecosystems.
Bioprobes And Biosensors.
The Design And Analysis Of Concentration-ResponseExperiments.
Part II: Introduction.
5. Chemical Categories.
Gaseous Compounds.
Metal Analysis.
Heavy Metals.
Organometallic Compounds In The Aquatic Environment.
Detergents.
Pesticides.
Pcbs, Pcddds And Pcdfs.
Oils And Hydrocarbons.
Organic Pollution.
6. General.
Complex Mixtures.
The Octanol Water Partition Coefficient.
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships.
Fate Models.
Glossary.
