Environmental pollution is one of the most serious threats to the
future health of our planet. A wide and ever increasing range of
chemicals from industry, agriculture, medicine and a host of other
sources continue to contribute to the earth’s chemical load.
Governments have encountered great difficulties responding to the
crucial and immediate need for effective management.
As a result, the new science of ecotoxicology has developed,
which provides a broad conceptual framework for evaluating the
effects of chemicals in natural ecosystems.
This book is aimed principally at undergraduate students who
have completed basic courses in both chemistry and biology. It
takes a broad view of ecotoxicology starting with the nature,
properties and behaviour of environmental toxicants, and extends to
dose/response relationships and effects on organisms, populations,
communities and ecosystems. Importantly, it also addresses
environmental management areas such as biomarkers, biomonitoring,
ecological risk assessment and the ecotoxicology and management of
chemicals.
The book provides an invaluable overview of the subject for
students taking courses in ecotoxicology and environmental
pollution, as well as wider degree programmes in biology, ecology,
wildlife management, environmental science, environmental impact
assessment, toxicology, pollution, chemical engineering, civil
engineering, sanitation engineering and related subjects.
Table des matières
Preface.
1 The Ecotoxicology Concept: Introduction.
2 Sources, Types and Properties of Ecotoxicants.
3 Distribution and Transformation of Chemicals in the
Environment.
4 Molecular, Biochemical, Physiological and Behavioural
Responses.of Organisms.
5 Effects on Population, Community and Ecosystem.
6 Dose and Concentration: Response Relationships.
7 Biomarkers and Biomonitoring of Hazards in the
Environment.
8 Ecological Risk Assessment.
9 Ecotoxicology and Management of Chemicals.
Index.
A propos de l’auteur
DES W. CONNELL is a Reader at Griffith University’s School of Australian Environmental Studies in Queensland. He has served as a Visiting Professor at the State University of New York’s Marine Sciences Research Center in Stony Brook. His professional experience includes positions as Director of the Gippsland Lakes Environmental Study for the Victorian Ministry of Conservation and Marine Studies Coordinator for the VMC’s Westernport Bay Environmental Study. He is a member of the Water Quality Council of Queensland, the Australian Environmental Council’s Chemicals Review Subcommittee, and a former member of the Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee. His other books include Water Pollution: Causes and Effects in Australia and New Zealand and Experiments in Environmental Chemistry. In 1964 Dr. Connell received a Commonwealth Postgraduate Award and, later, the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Research Award. He received his Ph D in chemistry from the University of Queensland.
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