Toxicology of Aquatic Pollution: Physiological, Molecular and Cellular Approaches

Toxicology of Aquatic Pollution: Physiological, Molecular and Cellular Approaches
ISBN-10
0521455243
ISBN-13
9780521455244
Category
Science
Pages
283
Language
English
Published
1996-03-29
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
E. W. Taylor

Description

The pollution of the earth's freshwater habitats is a topic of major concern. This timely synthesis considers the effects of pollutants on aquatic animals via a series of research and review articles which present experimental evidence of sublethal and lethal effects of a range of toxicants at the physiological, cellular and subcellular levels. Topics covered include routes of uptake of toxicants; the effects of acute and chronic exposure to toxic metal ions, particularly zinc, copper and aluminium, with emphasis on the mechanisms of toxicity and chronic exposure to sublethal levels; the impact on fish biology of two chemicals of current concern, nitrites and oestrogenic substances; and studies of the mechanisms of toxicity at the cellular and subcellular level, including damage of DNA, using cultured fish cells.

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