Bioindicators & biomonitors : principles, concepts, and applications /

This book provides comprehensive single source coverage of bioindication/biomonitoring in the fields of ecology, ecotoxicology and environmental sciences; from the ecological basics to the effects of chemicals on the environment and the latest test strategies. Contributions by leading figures in eco...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Markert, B. A. (Bernd A.), Breure, A. M. (Anton M.), Zechmeister, H. G. (Harald G.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2003.
Colección:Trace metals in the environment ; 6.
Temas:
Indicators (Biology)
Environmental monitoring.
Biochemical markers.
Biotic communities.
Biomarkers
Ecosystem
Environmental Monitoring
Indicateurs biologiques.
Environnement > Surveillance.
Marqueurs biologiques.
�Ecosyst�emes.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • About the editors
  • Preface
  • Part I: General aspects and integrative approaches
  • Chapter 1. Definitions, strategies and principles for bioindication/biomonitoring of the environment
  • Chapter 2. Bioindicators and environmental stress assessment
  • Chapter 3. Bioindicators and biomonitors for policy, legislation and administration
  • Chapter 4. Bioindicators for ecosystem management, with special reference to freshwater systems
  • Chapter 5. Predicting toxic effects of contaminants in ecosystems using single species investigations
  • Part II: Bioindicators in use
  • Part IIa: Standard tests
  • Chapter 6. Biomarkers
  • Chapter 7. Ecotoxicity testing
  • Part IIb: Microbial indicators
  • Chapter 8. Microbial indicators
  • Part IIc: Lower plants
  • Chapter 9. Algae as ecological bio-indicators
  • Chapter 10. Bryophytes
  • Chapter 11. Biomonitors in use: lichens and metal air pollution
  • Part IId: Higher plants
  • Chapter 12. The use of higher plants as bioindicators
  • Chapter 13. Higher plants as accumulative bioindicators
  • Chapter 14. Plant biodiversity and environmental stress
  • Part IIe: Invertebrates
  • Chapter 15. Nematodes
  • Chapter 16. Oligochaeta
  • Chapter 17. Molluscs as bioindicators
  • Part IIf: Vertebrates
  • Chapter 18. Fish as bioindicators
  • Chapter 19. Biomonitoring with birds
  • Chapter 20. Mammals as biomonitors
  • Part III: International programmes for biomonitoring purposes
  • Chapter 21. Environmental specimen banking
  • Chapter 22. Some concepts and future developments: developing agri-biodiversity indicators as a tool for policy makers
  • Chapter 23. USEPA biomonitoring and bioindicator concepts needed to evaluate the biological integrity of aquatic systems
  • Chapter 24. IAEA approaches to assessment of chemical elements in atmosphere
  • Chapter 25. Bioindicators and the indicator approach of the European Environment Agency
  • Chapter 26. Critical assessment of international marine monitoring programmes for biological effects of contaminants in the North-East Atlantic area
  • Subject index
  • Last Page.

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