Animal Biomarkers as Pollution Indicators
Title | Animal Biomarkers as Pollution Indicators PDF eBook |
Author | David B. Peakall |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401123462 |
Ecotoxicology is a relatively new scientific discipline. Indeed, it might be argued that it is only during the last 5-10 years that it has come to merit being regarded as a true science, rather than a collection of procedures for protecting the environment through management and monitoring of pollutant discharges into the environment. The term 'ecotoxicology' was first coined in the late sixties by Prof. Truhaut, a toxicologist who had the vision to recognize the importance of investigating the fate and effects of chemicals in ecosystems. At that time, ecotoxicology was considered a sub-discipline of medical toxicology. Subsequently, several attempts have been made to portray ecotoxicology in a more realistic light. Notably, both F. Moriarty (1988) and F. Ramade (1987) emphasized in their books the broad basis of ecotoxicology, encompassing chemical and radiation effects on all components of ecosystems. In doing so, they and others have shifted concern from direct chemical toxicity to man, to the far more subtle effects that pollutant chemicals exert on natural biota. Such effects potentially threaten the existence of all life on Earth. Although I have identified the sixties as the era when ecotoxicology was first conceived as a coherent subject area, it is important to acknowledge that studies that would now be regarded as ecotoxicological are much older. Wherever people's ingenuity has led them to change the face of nature significantly, it has not escaped them that a number of biological con sequences, often unfavourable, ensue.
Bioindicators and Biomarkers of Environmental Pollution and Risk Assessment
Title | Bioindicators and Biomarkers of Environmental Pollution and Risk Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | Jamil Kaiser |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 230 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
Provides the reader with an overview of the variety of animal and plants that are available for use as environmental monitors. The author emphasizes that the use of a single species of target bioindicator is not appropriate or scientifically sound for the monitoring of several toxic pollutants.
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 188
Title | Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 188 PDF eBook |
Author | George Ware |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 233 |
Release | 2007-04-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0387329641 |
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
Ecological Biomarkers
Title | Ecological Biomarkers PDF eBook |
Author | Claude Amiard-Triquet |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Total Pages | 451 |
Release | 2016-04-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1439880530 |
Does a change, which affects a few biological macro-molecules, some cells, or a few individuals within a population, have any ecological significance that would allow the prediction of deleterious effects at higher levels of biological organization, namely the population, community, and ultimately the ecosystem? With contributions from experts in t
Biomarkers: A Pragmatic Basis for Remediation of Severe Pollution in Eastern Europe
Title | Biomarkers: A Pragmatic Basis for Remediation of Severe Pollution in Eastern Europe PDF eBook |
Author | David B. Peakall |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401145504 |
Many areas of Eastern Europe have been polluted to an extent unknown in the West. Four such sites - Kola Peninsula, northern Bohemia, upper Vistula Basin, and Katowice - have been identified and detailed accounts of the pollution at these sites are given. The current status of the use of biomarkers in hazard assessment is given by several scientists from NATO countries. Four working groups, comprising scientists working on the polluted sites and western scientists with expertise in biomarkers, examine the use of biomarkers to assess the environmental health of each of these areas and make recommendations on the future direction of remedial action in these areas.
Nondestructive Biomarkers in Vertebrates
Title | Nondestructive Biomarkers in Vertebrates PDF eBook |
Author | Cristina Fossi |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 2020-01-29 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1000724301 |
Nondestructive Biomarkers in Vertebrates presents an innovative approach for hazard assessment in vertebrates based on nondestructive rather than destructive methods. The book reviews the state of the art and defines the development and validation procedure of this new strategy. Biological materials, such as blood samples, epithelial tissue, eggs, feathers, and feces that can be obtained without stress or damage to the animal are suggested. Certain traditional studies (blood esterases, blood chemistry, mixed function oxidases, porphyrins, DNA damage, and cytological changes) can be performed on these specimens, along with new tests requiring only very small samples. This approach is developed to benefit protected, threatened species whose existence cannot be further jeopardized by the use of destructive methods. This volume will be particularly useful to ecotoxicologists, wildlife protection personnel, environmental consultants, and conservationist organizations.
Bioindicator Systems for Soil Pollution
Title | Bioindicator Systems for Soil Pollution PDF eBook |
Author | Nico M. van Straalen |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 278 |
Release | 1996-07-31 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780792341758 |
N.M. V AN STRAALEN** and D.A. KRIVOLUTSKY* **Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology VrUe Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands *Institute of Evolutionary Animal Morphology and Ecology Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 33 117071 Moscow, Russian Federation Many industrialized and developing countries are faced with the assessment of potential risks associated with contaminated land. A variety of human activities, including municipal waste disposal, industrial emissions, military testing, and agricultural practices have left their impacts on soils in the form of elevated, and locally high concentrations of toxicants. In several cases sources have not yet been stopped and contamination continues. Decisions on the management of contaminated sites require information on the extent to which toxicants adversely affect the soil ecosystem. For this purpose, it is often insufficient to extrapolate from abiotic sampling. The detection of a toxicant in the abiotic environment usually does not allow a very strong conclusion on the potential hazards.