Survival in toxic environments /

Survival In Toxic Environments.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: American Society of Zoologists. Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
Otros Autores: Khan, M. A. Q. (Mohammed Abdul Quddus), 1939- (Editor ), Bederka, John P. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, 1974.
Temas:
Pollution > Physiological effect > Congresses.
Toxicology > Congresses.
Adaptation (Physiology) > Congresses.
Pollution.
Toxicology.
Environmental Pollution
Toxicology
Pollution > Effets physiologiques > Congr�es.
Toxicologie > Congr�es.
Adaptation (Physiologie) > Congr�es.
Toxicologie.
toxicology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Pollution
Adaptation (Physiology)
Pollution > Physiological effect
Organisms > Effects of environmental pollutants
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; Survival in Toxic Environments; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; SECTION I: Impact of Chemical Pollutants on the Biology of Organisms; CHAPTER 1. THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE BIOSPHERE; Abstract; Introduction; Predictive Models as Mechanisms for UnderstandingBiological Survival in Toxic Environments; The Clear Lake DDT-R Model; The Mathematics of the Clear Lake Model; Validations of the Clear Lake Model; Comments on Sensitivity Analysis; General Conclusions from the Clear Lake Model.
  • The Terrestrial Model in Man-Simplified EcosystemsReferences; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 2. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PESTICIDES; Abstract; Introduction; Ecosystem Effects; Toleration and Toxic Action; Degradation of Pollutants; Biotic Communities; Populations; Food and Energy; Reproduction; Chemical Composition of Plants; Behavior; Predators, Parasites, and Herbivores; Evolution; Environmental Persistence and Movement; References; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 3. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN RELATION TO ESTUARINE BIRDS; Abstract; Introduction; Methods; Collecting Localities; Chemical Residues.
  • Geographic differencesSpecies differences; Eggshell Characteristics; Discussion and Conclusions; Summary; References; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 4. SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF OIL, HEAVY METALSAND PCBs ON MARINE ORGANISMS; Introduction; Accumulation and Release:; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Petroleum Hydrocarbons; Respiration:; Heavy Metals; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Petroleum Hydrocarbons; Osmotic and Ionic Regulation; Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals; Petroleum Hydrocarbons; Growth: Petroleum hydrocarbons; Interactions: Heavy metals; Discussion; Summary; References.
  • AcknowledgmentsSECTION II: Detoxication Mechanisms of Survival in Toxic Environments; Chapter 5. An Introduction to Detoxication as aMechanism of Survival; References; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PESTICIDES; Introduction; Characteristics of Microbial Metabolism; METABOLIC ACTIVITIES CAUSING DEGRADATION OF PESTICIDES; Hydrolytic processes; Oxidative Activities; Reductive System Including Dechlorination Reactions; Metabolic Processes Causing Toxic Terminal Residues; Isomerization Reactions; Oxidative Reactions; Hydrolysis; Selective Degradation; Other Reactio; Acknowledgement.
  • CHAPTER 6. DETOXICATION OF ACARICIDES BY ANIMALSAbstract; Introduction; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; CARBAMATES; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; DIPHENYL ALIPHATICS; SULFIDES; SULFONATES; ORGANOFLUORINES; NITROPHENOL DERIVATIVES; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVES; FORMAMIDINES; PHENYLHYDRAZONES; CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 7. DETOXICATION OF FOREIGN CHEMICALS BYINVERTEBRATES; DETOXICATION SYSTEMS; CONJUGATION OF METABOLITES; Acknowledgements; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. THE DISPOSITION OF XENOBIOTICS BY FISHES; Abstract; Introduction; Pattern of Xenobiotic Metabolism.

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