Use of Biomarkers for Environmental Quality Assessment

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-90-5410-703-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 475 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 671 g

This work is primarily designed for any person or organization in charge of assessment of the quality of natural resources and of pollution prevention.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amiard, Jean-Claude

Caquet, Thierry

Lagadic, Laurent

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Geothermale Energie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Windkraftanlagen, Wasserkraftanlagen
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Solarenergie, Photovoltaik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: biomarkers as tools for environmental quality assessment; history - biological basis of the use of biomarkers in ecotoxology; biochemical indicators of pollution in coastal ecosystems: experience of the Groupe Interface Chimie-Biologie des Ecosystemes Marins (GICBEM); application of EROD in marine fish in a multidisciplinary surveillance programme in the North Sea; use of EROD and PAH distribution in marine organisms; use of EROD enzymatic activity in freshwater fish; biomarkers of exposure of terrestrial plants to pollutants: application to metal pollution; endocrine biomarkers: hormonal indicators of sublethal toxicity in fishes; use of retinoids as biomarkers; molecular, genetic and population bases of insect resistance to insecticides.

Über Autor(innen)

Jean-Claude Amiard (Author), Thierry Caquet (Author) ,Laurent Lagadic (Author)