Environmental Contaminants in Biota

• Author: Beyer, W. Nelson.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (768 p.)
• Notes: Rev. ed. of: Environmental contaminants in wildlife / edited by W. Nelson Beyer, Gary H. Heinz, Amy W. Redmon-Norwood.

Examining tissue residues of contaminants in biota reveals the movement of contaminants within organisms and through food chains as well as the context for understanding and quantifying injuries to organisms and their communities. Yet tissue concentrations of some contaminants are especially challen...

Table of Contents

• Front cover; Contents; Editors; Authors; Reviewers; Introduction; Chapter 1. History of Wildlife Toxicology and the Interpretation of Contaminant Concentrations in Tissues; Chapter 2. DDT and Other Organohalogen Pesticides in Aquatic Organisms; Chapter 3. Dioxins, PCBs, and PBDEs in Aquatic Organisms; Chapter 4. Methylmercury in Freshwater Fish; Chapter 5. Selenium Accumulation and Toxicity in Freshwater Fishes; Chapter 6. Trace Metals in Aquatic Invertebrates; Chapter 7. Organotins in Aquatic Biota; Chapter 8. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Aquatic Organisms
• Chapter 9. Organic Contaminants in Marine MammalsChapter 10. Select Elements and Potential Adverse Effects in Cetaceans and Pinnipeds; Chapter 11. Toxicological Significance of Pesticide Residues in Aquatic Animals; Chapter 12. DDT, DDD, and DDE in Birds; Chapter 13. Cyclodiene and Other Organochlorine Pesticides in Birds; Chapter 14. Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans, and olybrominated Diphenyl thers in Wild Birds; Chapter 15. Toxicological Implications of PCBs, PCDDs, and PCDFs in Mammals; Chapter 16. Lead in Birds; Chapter 17. Lead in Mammals
• Chapter 18. Mercury in Nonmarine Birds and MammalsChapter 19. Cadmium in Small Mammals; Chapter 20. Cadmium in Birds; Chapter 21. Selenium in Birds; Chapter 22. Radionuclides in Biota; Back cover