Use of Biomarkers for Environmental Quality Assessment

This work is primarily designed for any person or organization in charge of assessment of the quality of natural resources and of pollution prevention.

List of contents

Introduction: biomarkers as tools for environmental quality assessment; history - biological basis of the use of biomarkers in ecotoxology; biochemical indicators of pollution in coastal ecosystems: experience of the Groupe Interface Chimie-Biologie des Ecosystemes Marins (GICBEM); application of EROD in marine fish in a multidisciplinary surveillance programme in the North Sea; use of EROD and PAH distribution in marine organisms; use of EROD enzymatic activity in freshwater fish; biomarkers of exposure of terrestrial plants to pollutants: application to metal pollution; endocrine biomarkers: hormonal indicators of sublethal toxicity in fishes; use of retinoids as biomarkers; molecular, genetic and population bases of insect resistance to insecticides.

About the author

Jean-Claude Amiard (Author) , Thierry Caquet (Author) ,Laurent Lagadic (Author)

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Claude Amiard, Amiard Jean-Claude, Th. Caquet, Thierry Caquet, Caquet Thierry, L. Lagadic, Laurent Lagadic, Lagadic Laurent
• Assisted by: Jean-Claude Amiard (Editor), Thierry Caquet (Editor), Laurent Lagadic (Editor), François RAMADE (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9789054107033
• ISBN: 978-90-5410-703-3
• No. of pages: 475
• Weight: 861 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Pollution & threats to the environment, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Pollution and threats to the environment, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology