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| 008 160810t20162016enkabd ob 001 0 eng |
| 020 ^z978012801947 |
| 020 ^a9780128019610^q(electronic book |
| 035 ^a(OCoLC)95673589 |
| 040 ^aMiFhGG^beng^cMiFhGG^erda^ep |
| 050 4 ^aQH545.P4^bS63 201 |
| 082 04 ^a571.95^22 |
| 100 1 ^aSparling, D. W.^q(Donald W.),^eauthor |
| 245 10 ^aEcotoxicology essentials :^benvironmental contaminants and their biological effects on animals and plants /^cDonald W. Sparling, Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory and Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA |
| 300 ^ a1 online resource (ix, 490 pages) :^billustrations (some color), maps |
| 490 ^ aGale eBooks |
| 504 ^ aIncludes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ^ asection I. Basic principles and tools of ecotoxicology -- An introduction to ecotoxicology -- Basics of toxicity testing -- Bioindicators of contaminant exposure -- section II. Chemistry and effect of major families of contaminants -- Organochlorine pesticides -- Current use pesticides -- Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons -- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- Metals -- section III. Identifying and evaluating large scale contaminant hazards -- Population ecotoxicology: exposure and effects of environmental chemicals -- Community-level and ecosystem-level effects of environmental chemicals -- Modeling in ecotoxicology -- Chemical stressors and ecological risk -- Contaminant considerations in humans -- Regulation of environmental chemicals and damage assessment -- Wrap up. |
| 520 ^ aAs a guide to the study of environmental contaminants and their effect on the planet's ecology, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of their impact on microbes, plants and animals, and entire ecosystems, also citing ways that humans can be affected through serious illnesses and even death. |
| 650 0^ aEnvironmental toxicology. |
| 650 0^ aPesticides^xToxicology. |
| 650 0^ aPesticides^xEnvironmental aspects. |
| 650 0^ aPesticides and wildlife. |
| 710 ^ aGale (Firm) |
| 856 0^ uhttps://link.gale.com/apps/pub/9JTQ/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=thmsu^zAvailable via Gale eBooks. Click here to access |