Author: William J. Langston
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475727615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments is a synthesis of recent developments in the field of metal ecotoxicology and features a number of contemporary issues arising from the interaction of metals and biota, such as pathways of assimilation and food chain transfer, metal accumulation and detoxification in humans and biotransformation of elements such as mercury and arsenic.
Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments
Author: William J. Langston
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475727615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments is a synthesis of recent developments in the field of metal ecotoxicology and features a number of contemporary issues arising from the interaction of metals and biota, such as pathways of assimilation and food chain transfer, metal accumulation and detoxification in humans and biotransformation of elements such as mercury and arsenic.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475727615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments is a synthesis of recent developments in the field of metal ecotoxicology and features a number of contemporary issues arising from the interaction of metals and biota, such as pathways of assimilation and food chain transfer, metal accumulation and detoxification in humans and biotransformation of elements such as mercury and arsenic.
Zinc in the Aquatic Environment
Author: P. A. Spear
Publisher: National Research Council of Canada, NRCC Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: National Research Council of Canada, NRCC Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Pollution Threat of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environments
Author: G. Mance
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400934211
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The role of the European Community in developing environmental legislation has focused the minds of pollution control agencies and industrialists on the need for, and the evidence to support, water quality standards. This is particularly so for the Dangerous Substances Directive which has led to European standards for cadmium, mercury and lindane. Additionally the United Kingdom has published standards for six other non-ferrous metals. In this book I have sought to review the aquatic toxicity information for these and other metals, not just by the collation of the results of all the published toxicity tests, but by the critical consideration of the test techniques. A surprising proportion of the reported toxicity studies for aquatic organisms are based on unsatisfactory chemical or biological methods. That such weaknesses persist at a time of limited resources for environmental research is disappointing, especially when sound metho dologies are extensively documented and widely published. Evaluation of the critically reviewed and vetted data indicates that many of the previously accepted generalisations about the toxicity of metals to aquatic life are invalid: for instance the assumption that salmonid species of fish are more susceptible to these metals than coarse fish, or that increased water hardness decreases toxicity. Too few studies have actually sought to test such hypotheses.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400934211
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The role of the European Community in developing environmental legislation has focused the minds of pollution control agencies and industrialists on the need for, and the evidence to support, water quality standards. This is particularly so for the Dangerous Substances Directive which has led to European standards for cadmium, mercury and lindane. Additionally the United Kingdom has published standards for six other non-ferrous metals. In this book I have sought to review the aquatic toxicity information for these and other metals, not just by the collation of the results of all the published toxicity tests, but by the critical consideration of the test techniques. A surprising proportion of the reported toxicity studies for aquatic organisms are based on unsatisfactory chemical or biological methods. That such weaknesses persist at a time of limited resources for environmental research is disappointing, especially when sound metho dologies are extensively documented and widely published. Evaluation of the critically reviewed and vetted data indicates that many of the previously accepted generalisations about the toxicity of metals to aquatic life are invalid: for instance the assumption that salmonid species of fish are more susceptible to these metals than coarse fish, or that increased water hardness decreases toxicity. Too few studies have actually sought to test such hypotheses.
Compendium of Trace Metals and Marine Biota
Author: Ronald Eisler
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080963528
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Each book has two main goals1. Determine baseline concentrations of metals and metalloids in tissues of representative field populations of estuarine coastal, and open ocean organisms (Book 1:algae and macrophytes, protists, sponges, coelenterates, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, chaetognaths, annelids, echinoderms, and tunicates) (Book 2: elasmobranchs, fishes, reptiles, birds, mammals) and their significance to organism health and to the health of their consumers.2. Synthesize existing information on biological, chemical, and physical factors known to modify uptake, retention, and translocation of each element under field and laboratory conditions. Recognition of the importance of these modifiers and their accompanying interactions is essential to the understanding of metals kinetics in marine systems and to the interpretation of baseline residue data. - Synthesizes existing information on biological, chemical, and physical factors known to modify uptake, retention, and translocation of each element - Aids understanding of metals kinetics in marine systems - Allows the interpretation of baseline residue data
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080963528
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Each book has two main goals1. Determine baseline concentrations of metals and metalloids in tissues of representative field populations of estuarine coastal, and open ocean organisms (Book 1:algae and macrophytes, protists, sponges, coelenterates, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, chaetognaths, annelids, echinoderms, and tunicates) (Book 2: elasmobranchs, fishes, reptiles, birds, mammals) and their significance to organism health and to the health of their consumers.2. Synthesize existing information on biological, chemical, and physical factors known to modify uptake, retention, and translocation of each element under field and laboratory conditions. Recognition of the importance of these modifiers and their accompanying interactions is essential to the understanding of metals kinetics in marine systems and to the interpretation of baseline residue data. - Synthesizes existing information on biological, chemical, and physical factors known to modify uptake, retention, and translocation of each element - Aids understanding of metals kinetics in marine systems - Allows the interpretation of baseline residue data
Biological Indicators of Freshwater Pollution and Environmental Management
Author: J.M. Hellawell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400943156
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The preface of a book often provides a convenient place in which the author can tender his apologies for any inadequacies and affords him the facility to excuse himself by reminding the reader that his art is long but life, or at least the portion of it in which he has the opportunity for writing books, is short. I, too, am deeply conscious that I have undertaken a task which I could not hope to complete to my own satisfaction but I offer, in self defence, the observation that, inadequate though it is, there is no other book extant, so far as I am aware, which provides the information contained herein within the covers of a single volume. Often during the last decade, in discharging my responsibilities for the environmental aspects of the water authority's operations and works, I should have been deeply grateful to have had access to a compendium such as this. The lack of a convenient source of data made me aware of the need which I have attempted to fill and in doing so I have drawn on my experiences of the kinds of problem which are presented to biologists in the water industry. The maxim 'half a loaf is better than none' seems particularly apt in this context.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400943156
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The preface of a book often provides a convenient place in which the author can tender his apologies for any inadequacies and affords him the facility to excuse himself by reminding the reader that his art is long but life, or at least the portion of it in which he has the opportunity for writing books, is short. I, too, am deeply conscious that I have undertaken a task which I could not hope to complete to my own satisfaction but I offer, in self defence, the observation that, inadequate though it is, there is no other book extant, so far as I am aware, which provides the information contained herein within the covers of a single volume. Often during the last decade, in discharging my responsibilities for the environmental aspects of the water authority's operations and works, I should have been deeply grateful to have had access to a compendium such as this. The lack of a convenient source of data made me aware of the need which I have attempted to fill and in doing so I have drawn on my experiences of the kinds of problem which are presented to biologists in the water industry. The maxim 'half a loaf is better than none' seems particularly apt in this context.
Environmental Contaminants in Fish and Wildlife of the Lower Gila River, Arizona
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Heavy Metals In Water
Author: Sanjay K. Sharma
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 1849738858
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This book highlights the latest research on dissolved heavy metals in drinking water and their removal.
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 1849738858
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This book highlights the latest research on dissolved heavy metals in drinking water and their removal.
Animas-La Plata Project (CO,NM)
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Chemical Properties of Material Surfaces
Author: Marek Kosmulski
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780585418049
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
A discussion of the adsorption of inorganics from aqueous solution on inorganic adsorbents. It emphasizes the relationship between adsorption and surface charging, highlighting simple and complex adsorption systems sorted by the adsorbent as well as the adsorbate. The author includes a comprehensive collection of pristine PZC of different materials - covering crystallographic structure, methods of preparation, impurities in the solid, temperature and ionic composition of the solution, experimental methods to determine PZC, and the correlation between zero points and other physical quantities.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780585418049
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
A discussion of the adsorption of inorganics from aqueous solution on inorganic adsorbents. It emphasizes the relationship between adsorption and surface charging, highlighting simple and complex adsorption systems sorted by the adsorbent as well as the adsorbate. The author includes a comprehensive collection of pristine PZC of different materials - covering crystallographic structure, methods of preparation, impurities in the solid, temperature and ionic composition of the solution, experimental methods to determine PZC, and the correlation between zero points and other physical quantities.
Environmental Bioassay Techniques and their Application
Author: M. Munawar
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400918968
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 663
Book Description
Proceedings of the First International Conference held in Lancaster, England, July 11-14, 1988
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400918968
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 663
Book Description
Proceedings of the First International Conference held in Lancaster, England, July 11-14, 1988