Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Vol.206

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

List of contents

Forward.- Preface.- Physiological Adaptations of Stressed Fish to Polluted Environments: Role of Heat Shock Proteins by Ekambaram Padmini.- Phytoremediation: A Noble Approach for Utilization of Iron-Ore Wastes by Monalisa Mohanty, Nabin Kumar Dhal, Parikshita Patra, Biswesar Das and Palli Sita Rama Reddy.- Fugitive Dust and Human Exposure to Heavy Metals around the Red Dog Mine by Elizabeth J. Kerin and Hsing K. Lin.- A Profile of Ring-hydroxylating Oxygenases that Degrade Aromatic Pollutants by Ri-He Peng, Ai-Sheng Xiong, Yong Xue, Xiao-Yan Fu, Feng Gao, Wei Zhao, Yong-Sheng Tian, and Quan-Hong Yao.- Environmental Implications of Oil Spills from Shipping Accidents by Justyna Rogowska and Jacek Namie nik.- Water Quality in South San Francisco Bay, California: Current Condition and Potential Issues for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project by J. Letitia Grenier and Jay A. Davis.- Index.

Summary

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

Product details

• Assisted by: Davi M Whitacre (Editor), David M Whitacre (Editor), David M. Whitacre (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2012
• EAN: 9781461426288
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-2628-8
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 237 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 260 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 156 p.
• Series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; B, Life Sciences, biochemistry, environmental science, engineering & technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution, Environmental Management, Biochemistry, general, Environmental management,, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Pollution, general