Handbook of ecotoxicology / David J. Hoffman ... [et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: Boca Raton, Fla. ; London : Lewis, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 950 pISBN:- 9781566705462 (hbk.) :
- 1566705460
- 615.902 HOF
- RA1226
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Previous ed.: 1995.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I.Quantifying and measuring ecotoxicological effects -- 2.Aquatic toxicology test methods -- 3.Model aquatic ecosystems in ecotoxicological research: considerations of design, implementation, and analysis -- 4.Wildlife toxicity testing -- 5.Sediment toxicity testing: issues and methods -- 6.Toxicological significance of soil ingestion by wild and domestic animals -- 7.Toxicological significance of soil ingestion by wild and domestic animals -- 7.Wilflife and the remediation of contaminated soils: extending the analysis of ecological risks to habitat restoriation -- 8.Phytotoxicity -- 9.Landscape ecotoxicology -- 10.Using biomonitoring data for stewardship of natural rsources -- 11.Bioindicators of contaminant exposure and effect in aquatic and terrestrial monitoring. Mark J. Melancon --Section II.Contaminant sources and effects 12.Wildlife toxicology of organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides -- 13.Organochlorine pesticides -- 14.Petroleum and individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- 15.Lead in the environment -- 16.Ecotoxicology of mercury -- 17.Ecotoxicology of selenium -- 18.Sources, pathways, and effects of PCVBs, dioxins, and dibenzofurans -- 19.Receiving water impacts associated with urban wet weather flows -- 2-.Nuclear and thermal -- 21.Global effects of deforestation -- 22.Pathogens and disease -- 23.Environmental factors affecting contaminant toxicity in aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates --Section III -- 24.The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant reactor accident: ecotoxicological update -- 25.Pesticides and international migratory bird conservation -- 26.Effects of mining lead on birds: a case history at Coeur d\'Alene Basin, Idaho -- 27.White phosphorus at Eagle River Flats, Alaska: a case history of waterfowl mortality -- 28.A mining impacted stream: exposure and effects of lead and other trace elements on tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting in the Upper Arkansas River Basin, Colorado -- 29.The Hudson River - PCB case study -- 30.Baseline ecological risk assessment for aquatic, wetland, and terrestrial habits along the Clark Fork River, Montana -- Section IV.Methods for making estimates, predictability, and risk assessment in ecotoxicology -- 31.Global disposition of contaminants -- 32.Bioaccumulation and bioconcentration in aquatic organisms -- 33.Structure activity relationships for predicting ecological effects of chemicals -- 34.Predictive ecotoxicology -- 35.Population modeling -- 36.Ecological risk assessment: US EPA\'s current guidelines and future directions -- 37.Ecological risk assessment example: waterfowl and shorebirds feeding in ephemeral pols at Kesterons Reservoir, California -- 38.Restoration ecologiy and ecotoxicology -- 39.Endocrine disrupting chemical s and endocrine active agents -- 40.A review of the role of contaminants in amphibian declines -- 41.Genetic effects of contaminant exposure and potential impacts on animal populations -- 42.The role of ecotoxicology in industrial ecology and natural capitalism -- 43.Indirect effects of pesticides on farmland wildlife -- 45.Animal species endangerment: the role of environmental pollution.
Completely revised and updated the second edition of the Handbook of Ecotoxicology includes a completely new section entitled Special Issues in Toxicology and new chapters on QSAR and selenium.