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Aquatic ecotoxicology : advancing tools for dealing with emerging risks /

Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Advancing Tools for Dealing with Emerging Risks presents a thorough look at recent advances in aquatic ecotoxicology and their application in assessing the risk of well-known and emerging environmental contaminants. This essential reference, brought together by leading experts...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Amiard-Triquet, C. (Editor), Amiard, J. C. (Editor), Mouneyrac, Catherine (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2015]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Conventional risk assessment of environmental contaminants
  • Quality standard setting and environmental monitoring
  • How to improve exposure assessment
  • From incorporation to toxicity
  • How to improve toxicity assessment? From single-species tests to mesocosms and field studies
  • Individual biomarkers
  • Omics in aquatic ecotixicology: the ultimate response to biological questions?
  • References species
  • Endobenthic invertebrates as reference species
  • Gammarids as reference species in freshwater monitoring
  • Copepods as reference species in estuarine and marine waters
  • Fish as reference species in different water masses
  • Biological responses at supraindividual levels
  • Ecotoxicological risk of endocrine disruptors
  • Ecotoxicological risk of personal care products and pharmaceuticals
  • Ecotoxicological risk of nanomaterials
  • Ecotoxicological risk of mixtures
  • Prediction ecotoxicology and environmental assessment.