Principles of Ecotoxicology/ C. H. Walker ... [et al.].

By:

Walker, C. H. (Colin Harold)

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, c.2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:

0748409394

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DDC classification:

577.27 WAL

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Over the past decade ecotoxicology has emerged as a distinct subject of interdisciplinary character. Courses in ecotoxicology reflect this and are taught by specialists in chemistry and biochemistry through to population genetics and ecology. As the first textbook to incorporate all relevant aspects of chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, physiology, population ecology and population genetics, the first edition of this book proved to be well received across several industries.

Featuring fully revised text and new illustrations, Principles of Ecotoxicology identifies the major classes of organic and inorganic pollutants, their properties, release and environmental fate, and transport in air, water and along food chains, before considering the effects that they might have upon individual organisms and ultimately whole ecosystems.

This timely second edition of Principles of Ecotoxicology incorporates data collected since the first edition on subjects of current research and media interest such as organochloride pesticides, endocrine disruptors, aquatic toxicity, industrial waste and ecotoxicity testing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-300) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. x)
Preface to the first edition (p. xi)
Acknowledgements (p. xii)
Introduction (p. xiii)
Part 1 Pollutants and Their Fate in Ecosystems (p. 1)
Chapter 1 Major Classes of Pollutant (p. 3)
1.1 Inorganic ions (p. 3)
1.2 Organic pollutants (p. 7)
1.3 Organometallic compounds (p. 18)
1.4 Radioactive isotopes (p. 18)
1.5 Gaseous pollutants (p. 21)
1.6 Summary (p. 22)
1.7 Further reading (p. 22)
Chapter 2 Routes by Which Pollutants Enter Ecosystems (p. 23)
2.1 Entry into surface waters (p. 23)
2.2 Contamination of land (p. 26)
2.3 Discharge into the atmosphere (p. 28)
2.4 Quantification of release of pollutants (p. 31)
2.5 Summary (p. 32)
2.6 Further reading (p. 32)
Chapter 3 Long-range Movements and Global Transport of Pollutants (p. 34)
3.1 Factors determining movement and distribution of pollutants (p. 34)
3.2 Transport in water (p. 38)
3.3 Transport in air (p. 39)
3.4 Models for environmental distribution of chemicals (p. 42)
3.5 Summary (p. 45)
3.6 Further reading (p. 45)
Chapter 4 The Fate of Metals and Radioactive Isotopes in Contaminated Ecosystems (p. 46)
4.1 Introduction (p. 46)
4.2 Terrestrial ecosystems (p. 48)
4.3 Aquatic systems (p. 55)
4.4 Summary (p. 57)
4.5 Further reading (p. 58)
Chapter 5 The Fate of Organic Pollutants in Individuals and in Ecosystems (p. 59)
5.1 Fate within individual organisms (p. 60)
5.2 Organic pollutants in terrestrial ecosystems (p. 80)
5.3 Organic pollutants in aquatic ecosystems (p. 86)
5.4 Summary (p. 88)
5.5 Further reading (p. 89)
Part 2 Effects of Pollutants on Individual Organisms (p. 91)
Chapter 6 Toxicity Testing (p. 93)
6.1 General principles (p. 93)
6.2 Determination of the toxicity of mixtures (p. 97)
6.3 Toxicity testing with terrestrial organisms (p. 98)
6.4 Toxicity testing with aquatic organisms (p. 107)
6.5 Risk assessment (p. 112)
6.6 Toxicity testing in the field (p. 113)
6.7 Alternative methods in ecotoxicity testing (p. 114)
6.8 Summary (p. 117)
6.9 Further reading (p. 118)
Chapter 7 Biochemical Effects of Pollutants (p. 119)
7.1 Introduction (p. 119)
7.2 Protective biochemical responses (p. 121)
7.3 Molecular mechanisms of toxicity (p. 122)
7.4 Examples of molecular mechanisms of toxicity (p. 124)
7.5 Summary (p. 132)
7.6 Further reading (p. 132)
Chapter 8 Physiological Effects of Pollutants (p. 133)
8.1 Introduction (p. 133)
8.2 Effects of pollutants at the cellular level (p. 134)
8.3 Effects at the organ level (p. 135)
8.4 Effects at the whole organism level (p. 139)
8.5 Energy costs of physiological change (p. 147)
8.6 Effects on plants (p. 151)
8.7 Summary (p. 152)
8.8 Further reading (p. 152)
Chapter 9 Interactive Effects of Pollutants (p. 153)
9.1 Introduction (p. 153)
9.2 Additive effects (p. 154)
9.3 Potentiation of toxicity (p. 156)
9.4 Potentiation due to inhibition of detoxication (p. 158)
9.5 Potentiation due to increased activation (p. 158)
9.6 The detection of potentiation in the field (p. 159)
9.7 Summary (p. 161)
9.10 Further reading (p. 161)
Chapter 10 Biomarkers (p. 162)
10.1 Classification of biomarkers (p. 162)
10.2 Specificity of biomarkers (p. 164)
10.3 Relationship of biomarkers to adverse effects (p. 164)
10.4 Discussion of specific biomarkers (p. 167)
10.5 Role of biomarkers in environmental risk assessment (p. 176)
10.6 Summary (p. 177)
10.7 Further reading (p. 178)
Chapter 11 In Situ Biological Monitoring (p. 179)
11.1 Introduction (p. 179)
11.2 Community effects (type 1 biomonitoring) (p. 180)
11.3 Bioconcentration of pollutants (type 2 biomonitoring) (p. 183)
11.4 Effects of pollutants (type 3 biomonitoring) (p. 187)
11.5 Genetically based resistance to pollution (type 4 biomonitoring) (p. 190)
11.6 Conclusions (p. 191)
11.7 Summary (p. 191)
11.7 Further reading (p. 192)
Part 3 Effects of Pollutants on Populations and Communities (p. 193)
Chapter 12 Changes in Numbers: Population Dynamics (p. 195)
12.1 Population growth rate (p. 196)
12.2 Population growth rate depends on the properties of individual organisms (p. 196)
12.3 Density dependence (p. 200)
12.4 Identifying which factors are density dependent: k-value analysis (p. 202)
12.5 Interactions between species (p. 202)
12.6 Field studies: three case studies (p. 205)
12.7 Summary (p. 218)
12.8 Further reading (p. 219)
Chapter 13 Evolution of Resistance to Pollution (p. 220)
13.1 Chronic pollution is environmental change (p. 220)
13.2 The evolutionary process in a constant environment (p. 221)
13.3 The evolution of resistance when there is a mortality-production trade-off (p. 223)
13.4 Evolutionary responses to environmental change (p. 224)
13.5 Resistance is often monogenic (p. 228)
13.6 Case studies (p. 229)
13.7 Summary (p. 236)
13.8 Further reading (p. 237)
Chapter 14 Changes in Communities and Ecosystems (p. 238)
14.1 Introduction (p. 238)
14.2 Soil processes: the functional approach (p. 239)
14.3 Changes in communities in response to pollution (p. 241)
14.4 Global processes (p. 246)
14.5 Summary (p. 247)
14.6 Further reading (p. 247)
Chapter 15 Biomarkers in Population Studies (p. 248)
15.1 DDE-induced eggshell thinning in raptorial and fish-eating birds (p. 248)
15.2 Reproductive failure of fish-eating birds on the Great Lakes of North America (p. 254)
15.3 Reproductive failure of molluscs caused by tributyl tin (p. 259)
15.4 Forest spraying in eastern Canada to control spruce budworm (p. 261)
15.5 Summary (p. 265)
15.6 Further reading (p. 265)
Appendix Introduction to population projection matrices (p. 266)
Glossary (p. 268)
Bibliography (p. 275)
Index (p. 301)