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Description: |
xi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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General Note: |
"Held under the auspices of the NATO Science Committee." |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: 1. Ecotoxicology : a new branch of toxicology : a general survey of its aims, methods, and prospects / R. Truhaut -- 2. Some effects of pollutants in terrestrial ecosystems / William H. Stickel -- 3. Aspects of heavy metal and organohalogen pollution in aquatic ecosystems / Bostwick H. Ketchum, V. Zitko and D. Saward -- 4. Species variation in the metabolism of some organic halogen compounds / R.T. Williams, P.C. Hirom and A.G. Renwick -- 5. Reactive metabolites of organohalogen compounds / James R. Gillette -- 6. Active sites of biological macromolecules and their interaction with heavy metals / G.L. Eichhorn -- 7. Behavior of mercury in natural systems and its global cycle / R. Wollast, G. Billen and F.T. Mackenzie -- 8. Mobilization of metals in the Dutch Wadden Sea / J.C. Duinker -- 9. Metallothionein and the toxicity of cadmium / M. Webb -- 10. The significance of multielement analysis in metal pollution studies / T.L. Coombs -- 11. Potentially persistent industrial organic chemicals other than PCB / V. Zitko -- 12. The influence of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds on hepatic function in the rat / D.J. Ecobichon -- 13. The accumulation and excretion of heavy metals in organisms / Jorma K. Miettinen -- Reports: Entry, distribution, and fate of heavy metals and organohalogens in the physical environment -- Uptake, fate, and action of heavy metals and organohalogen compounds in living organisms -- Movements of heavy metals and organohalogens through food chains and their effects on populations and communities. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: NATO Science Committee (Conference : 1974 : Mont-Gabriel, Québec). Ecological toxicology research. New York : Plenum Press, ©1975 (OCoLC)647454904 |
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Index - Uncontrolled: |
Heavy Metals Environmental Aspects. |