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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018912003321

Titolo

Handbook of ecotoxicology / / edited by Peter Calow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 1998

ISBN

9786612189012

9780632060646

9781282189010

1282189018

9781444313505

1444313509

9781444313512

1444313517

9780632060641

0632060646

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (901 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CalowPeter

Disciplina

571.95

Soggetti

Ecological risk assessment

Environmental toxicology

Pollution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

HANDBOOK OF ECOTOXICOLOGY; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface to Combined Edition; VOLUME 1; 1: General Principles and Overview; PART I: FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; 2: Microbial Systems; 3: Freshwater Primary Producers; 4: Freshwater Invertebrate Toxicity Tests; 5: Freshwater Fish; 6: Freshwater Sediments; 7: Freshwater Multi-species Test Systems; PART 2: MARINE AND ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; 8: Primary Producers; 9: Marine and Estuarine Invertebrate Toxicity Tests; 10: Methods for Spawning, Culturing and Conducting Toxicity Tests with Early Life Stages of Estuarine and Marine Fishes

11: Appropriate Uses of Marine and Estuarine Sediment Bioassays12: Marine and Estuarine Multi-species Test Systems; PART 3: TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS; 13: Soil Invertebrates and Micro-organisms; 14: Terrestrial



Primary Producers; 15: Insects, Spiders and Mites; 16: Birds; 17: Terrestrial Mammals; PART 4: GENERAL; 18: Biodegradation; 19: Bioaccumulation; 20: In Situ Biological Monitoring of Pollution in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems; 21: Bioprobes and Biosensors; 22: The Design and Analysis of Concentration-Response Experiments; VOLUME 2; Preface to Volume 2

1: Overview with Observations on Risk Assessment and ManagementPART 1: CHEMICAL CATEGORIES; 2: Gaseous Compounds; 3: Acid Solutions; 4: Metal Analysis; 5: Heavy Metals; 6: Organometallic Compounds In the Aquatic Environment; 7: Detergents; 8: Pesticides; 9: PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs; 10: Oils and Hydrocarbons; 11: Organic pollution: Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Ammonia; PART 2: GENERAL; 12: Complex Mixtures; 13: The Octanol-Water Partition Coefficient; 14: Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships; 15: Fate Models; 16: Prioritization and Standards for Hazardous Chemicals; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Handbook of Ecotoxicology provides a readily accessible, yet critical collection of information on ecotoxicological testing. Now available in a single paperback volume, this handbook represents excellent value. Part A concentrates on techniques, especially those tests used for prediction. Thorough descriptions of the main tests are provided, followed by critical analyses in terms of ease of handling, repeatability and ecological relevance, and finally, an extensive bibliography citing key documents describing test methods and key papers evaluating them. Part B focuses on the toxican