Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change: A Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780306451904 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 348 str.

Frank M. Butterworth; Lynda D. Corkum; Judith Guzman-Rincon

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Proceedings of a symposium held as part of the 37th Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research (Windsor, Ontario, Canada, June 1994). The emphasis is on systems that go beyond bioaccumulation of specific pollutant chemicals and their toxic effects. A wide variety of organis

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Introduction to Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change; F.M. Butterworth. Assessing Ecological Risks in Terrestrial Systems with Honey Bees; J.J. Bromenshenk, et al. Aquatic Insects as Biomonitors of Ecosystem Health in the Great Lakes Areas of Concern; L.D. Corkum, et al. Larvae of Chironomidae (Diptera) as Indicators of Sediment Toxicity and Genotoxicity; L.A. Hudson, J.J.H. Ciborowski. Integrating a River Basin: Toward a Systems Approach to Global Monitoring; R.R. Hough. Applications of the Single Cell Gel Assay to Environmental Biomonitoring for Genotoxic Pollutants; R.R. Tice. Lymphocyte Proliferation as a Biomarker in Environmental Monitoring: Label, Mitotic and Replication Indices as Biomarkers in Environmental Monitoring; M.E. Gonsebatt, et al. Chromosomal Aberrations and Sister Chromatid Exchanges in Vicia faba as Genetic Monitors of Environmental Pollutants; S. Gómez-Arroyo, R. Villalobos-Pietrini. Biological Monitoring of Environmental Genotoxicity in Southwestern Ontario; M. Petras, et al. Measurement of Placental Levels of Arsenic, Lead and Cadmium as a Biomarker of Exposure to Mixtures; F. Diaz-Barriga, et al. 11 additional articles. Abstracts. Index.