Ecotoxicology: Perspectives on Key Issues

ISBN-13: 9781138196827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 290 str.

Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis;Thiago Estevam Parente

Opis

This book presents an integrated discussion on ecotoxicology, containing both general concepts and specific ecotoxicological issues of major biological groups, extending beyond conventional systems. It explores worldwide, regional, and biocompartmentalized topics, bringing forth new points of view on global issues and addressing the increasing diversity and complexity of the ecotoxicological field. It also contains novel information on emerging contaminants, presents bioaccumulation effects on different levels of ecological organization and risk analyses, and discusses novel fields of methodological applications, including key aspects in ecotoxicological and environmental monitoring studies.

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What Can Proteomics and Metalloproteomics Add to Aquatic Toxicology and Public Health?. Biodiversity and Ecotoxicology: The Case of Loricariidae Fish. Ecophysiology: Implications of Climate Change Applied to Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Marine Mammals as Environmental Sentinels Focusing on Mercury Contamination. Ecotoxicology of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs). Risk Assessment of Organic UV Filters in Aquatic Ecosystems. Persistence of Organic Pollutants: Half Life or Mineralization and its Factors of Influence. Implementing the Current Knowledge of Uptake and Effects of Nanoparticles in an Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Framework. Development of a Management Tool for Environmental Assessment of Organo-nitrogen Pesticides in Surface Water from Everglades and Biscayne National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve, South Florida, USA. Conceptual Challenges in the Translation of Toxicological Research into Practice: Low-Dose Hypothesis and Dose-Response Non-monotonicity. Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plants as a Discharge and Source Point for Biota Exposure to Micro-pollutants. Monitoring of Two Taste and Odor Causing Compounds in a Drinking Water Reservoir. Biomarkers of Susceptibility for Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants.