Heavy metals in the aquatic environment : proceedings of the international conference held in Nashville, Tennessee, December 1973 /

Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Nashville, Tennessee in December 1973. This conference is co-sponsored by the International Association on Water Pollution Research, the Sport Fishing Institute, the American Fishing Tackle Manufa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: International Association on Water Pollution Research, Sport Fishing Institute, Vanderbilt University. Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Otros Autores: Krenkel, Peter A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1975.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Progress in water technology : Supplement.
Temas:
Aquatic organisms > Effect of water pollution on > Congresses.
Heavy metals > Environmental aspects > Congresses.
Aquatic ecology > Congresses.
Metals > toxicity
Water Pollution
�Ecologie des eaux > Congr�es.
�El�ements traces m�etalliques > Aspect de l'environnement > Congr�es.
Organismes aquatiques > Effets de la pollution de l'eau sur > Congr�es.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Aquatic ecology
Aquatic organisms > Effect of water pollution on
Heavy metals > Environmental aspects
Biologia Aquatica.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congr�es.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; SESSION I: TOXICOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY; CHAPTER 1. A REVIEW OF DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS RESULTING FROM HUMAN EXPOSURE TO METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; INTRODUCTION; JAPANESE POPULATIONS; THE IRAQ POPULATION; FISH-EATING POPULATIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. A Review of Dose-Response Relationships Resulting from Human Exposure to Methylmercury Compounds; CHAPTER 3. TOXICITY OF CADMIUM-MECHANISM AND DIAGNOSIS; INTRODUCTION; MECHANISM OF CADMIUM ACCUMULATION IN THE KIDNEYS.
  • Mechanism of urinary excretion of cadmiummechanism of cadmium nephropathy; identification of low molecular weight proteins in urine of cadmium workers and itai-itai disease patients; simple determination of low molecular weight proteins; mechanism of low molecular weight proteinuria; early symptoms of cadmium intoxication; diagnostic techniques of cadmium poisoning; questions on cadmium as an etiological agent of itamtai disease; conclusion; references; chapter 4. the effects of heavy metals on fish and aquatic organisms; references.
  • CHAPTER 5. The Effects of Heavy Metals on Fish and Aquatic OrganismsCHAPTER 6. MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN HUMANS AND CONSUMPTION OF FISH CONTAINING METHYLMERCURY; SESSION II: ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 7. METHYLMERCURY ANALYSIS (A REVIEW AND SOME DATA); MINAMATA DISEASE AND METHYLMERCURY; ANALYTICAL METHOD OF METHYLMERCURY; APPLICATION DATA; COMMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. Methylmercury Analysis; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. A REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF TOTAL MERCURY ANALYSIS; INTRODUCTION; FLAMELESS ATOMIC ABSORPTION; OTHER METHODS BASED ON ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS.
  • COLORIMETRIC METHODSKINETIC METHODS; MISCELLANEOUS METHODS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. A Review of the Status of Total Mercury Analysis; INTRODUCTION; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR HEAVY METALS OTHER THAN MERCURY; INTRODUCTION; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; ATTRIBUTES OF ANALYTICAL METHODS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. Analytical Techniques for Heavy Metals other than Mercury; COLORIMETRY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTOPHOTOMETRY; ANODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; REFERENCES; SESSION III. TRANSPORT MECHANISMS.
  • CHAPTER 12. FIELD OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRANSPORT OF HEAVY METALS IN SEDIMENTSINTRODUCTION; ORIGIN AND TRANSPORT OF SEDIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL; HEAVY METALS IN RIVER DEPOSITS; DISCHARGE OF HEAVY METALS BY THE WATTER AND BY THE SUSPENDED MATTER OF THE RHINE; HEAVY METALS IN RHINE AND COASTAL WATERS; PERSPECTIVES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 13. Field Observations on the Transport of Heavy Metals in Sediments (A.J. de Groot and E. Allersman); INTRODUCTION; CATCHMENT REGIME; CONTAMINATION REGIME; ESTUARINE REGIME; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES.

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