Ecotoxicology : effects of pollutants on the natural environment /: effects of pollutants on the natural environment. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin Walker.
• Authors: Walker, C. H (Colin Harold), 1936-
• Contents: Section I Basic Issues; Toxicology and Ecotoxicology; Some Definitions; The Discipline of Ecotoxicology; Selective Toxicity; Summary; Further Reading; Ecotoxicity; Introduction; What Determines Ecotoxicity?; Pesticides and Other Biocides; Industrial Chemicals Other Than Pesticides; Protocols for Ecotoxicity Testing; Determination of Median Lethal Dose and Median Lethal; Concentration; Ecotoxicity Testing That Uses Sublethal Endpoints; Bioassays for Measuring Toxicity; Model Ecosystems; Ethical Issues; Summary; Further Reading; A History of Chemical Warfare; An Evolutionary Perspective; Plant Toxins as Pesticides; The Coevolutionary "Arms Race"; Plant Toxins as Models for Pesticides; Chemical Weapons and Predation; Chemical Weapons of Attack and Defense; Microbial Toxins; Ecotoxicology against the Background of Chemical Warfare in Nature; Summary; Further Reading; Toxic Effects at Different Organizational Levels; Sequential Effects of Pollutants; Effects upon the Individual Organism; Effects at the Population Level; Effects upon Population Genetics; Communities and Ecosystems; Effects upon Structure and Function of Communities and Ecosystems; Monitoring Changes in the Composition of Communities; Field Trials; Summary; Further Reading; The Development of Resistance; Introduction; Population Genetics and Evolutionary Theory; Pollutants as Stress Factors; Mechanisms of Resistance; Cross-Resistance; Overcoming Problems of Pesticide Resistance; The Evolution of Metal Tolerance in Plants; Resistance as an Indicator of Pollution; Summary; Further reading; Pesticides and Their Design; Introduction; Early History of Pesticides; The Importance of Selectivity; Types of Pesticides; Ways of Using Pesticides; Objectives in the Design of New Pesticides; Mass Screening; Modeling of New Pesticides Based upon the Structures of Sites of Action; Summary; Further Reading; Natural Pollutants and Natural Cycles; Introduction; Eutrophication; Acid Rain; Radiation and Radioisotopes; Oil Pollution; Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming; The Ozone Layer; Global Processes and the Gaia Theory; Summary; Further Reading; Section II Examples of Pollutants; Early Problems Connected with Urbanization and Mining; Introduction; Detergents in Surface Waters; Air Pollution; Mines and Smelting; Summary; Further Reading; The Organochlorine Insecticides; Introduction; DDT and Related Pesticides; The Environmental Fate of p, p’-DDT and Related Compounds; The Cyclodiene Insecticides; The Environmental Fate of Cyclodienes; Effects of DDT and Cyclodienes on Birds of Prey; Decline of Predatory Birds Related to Eggshell Thinning Caused by p, p’-DDE; Other Effects of Organochlorines; Resistance to Organochlorine Insecticides; More Ecofriendly Cyclodienes; Summary; Further Reading; Organophosphorous and Carbamate Insecticides; Introduction; Mode of Action of Anticholinesterases; The Organophosphorous Insecticides; Some Examples of Organophosphorous Insecticides; Toxic Effects of OPs; Effects of OPs in the Natural Environment; Resistance to OPs; Carbamate Insecticides; Toxicity of Carbamates in the Field; Longer-Term Effects on Soil Microorganisms; Summary; Further Reading; Organometallic Compounds; Introduction; Tributyl Tin Compounds; Organomercury Compounds; The Biomagnification of Methylmercury; Poisoning of Predatory Birds in the Field; Methylmercury Levels in Piscivorous Vertebrates in North America; Organolead Compounds; Organoarsenic Compounds; Summary; Further reading; Pyrethroid and Neonicotinoid Insecticides; Introduction; The Synthetic Pyrethroids; Environmental Fate and Concerns; The Development of Resistance to Pyrethroids; The Neonicotinoids; Development of Resistance to Neonicotinoids; Potentiation of the Toxicity of Pyrethroids and Neonicotinoids; Effects of Pyrethroids and Neonicotinoids on Honeybees; Summary; Further Reading; PCBs and Dioxins; Introduction; The Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Early Pollution Incidents Involving PCBs; The Dioxins; The Combined Toxicity of PCBs and Dioxins; Summary; Further Reading; Herbicides; Introduction; The Impact of Herbicides on Agricultural Ecosystems; The Aerial Movement of Herbicides; Contamination of Surface Waters with Herbicides; Herbicides That Have Significant Toxicity toward Animals; Summary; Further Reading; Endocrine Disruptors; Introduction; The Feminization of Fish Caused by Estrogens; Endocrine Disruption Involving the Ah Receptor; Disturbances of the Metabolism of Steroid Hormones by Pollutants; The Diversity of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in the Environment; Summary; Further Reading; Anticoagulant Rodenticides; Introduction; Mode of Action of the Anticoagulant Rodenticides (ARs); Secondary Poisoning of Predators and Scavengers; Resistance to Anticoagulant Rodenticides; Summary; Further Reading; Section III Further Issues; Pollution Problems Worldwide; Introduction; International Approaches to Pollution Problems; Developed and Developing Countries; Aerial Application of Pesticides; Plastics; Nanoparticles; Summary; Further Reading; Risk Assessment and Legislation; Introduction; Risk Assessment of Chemicals; Statutory Requirements for Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals; The REACH Proposals of the European Union; Ethical Issues; Summary; Further reading; Current Issues and Future Prospects; Introduction; Diclofenac and Vultures; The Large-Scale Decline of Bees and Other Pollinators; Marine Pollution by Polyisobutene (PIB); Effects of Mixtures of Environmental Chemicals; The Design of More Ecofriendly Pesticides and Biocides; Improved Methods of Ecotoxicity Testing; Improvements in Procedures for Statutory Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals; Summary; Further Reading; Glossary; References; Index; ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.27; Pollution -- Environmental aspects; Nature -- Effect of human beings on
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482247008
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