Biomarkers in Marine Organisms - A Practical Approach

The purpose of this book is to provide, through various case studies, an overview of the practical use of biological markers in marine animals to evaluate the health effects of environmental contamination in marine ecosystems.

List of contents

Selected chapter headings. Induction of molluscan cytochrome P450 monooxygenase system as a biomarker of organic pollution in environmental monitoring. Sensitivity and specificity of metallothionein as a biomarker for aquatic environment biomonitoring. Biochemical markers in mussel, Mytilus sp., and pollution monitoring in European coasts: data analysis. Investigation of genotoxicity and immunotoxicity for monitoring marine pollution in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Isolation of cytochrome P450 CDNAS (CYP1A1 and CYP4T2) from the sea bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax): tools for biomonitoring sea pollution. Inhibitory effects of heavy metals on CYP1A1 induction in black seabream (Spondyliosoma Cantharus) hepatocyte cultures. Development of cytochrome P450 biomarkers from Posidinia Oceanica. Technical annexes.

Product details

• Authors: H. Barth, Hartmut Barth, Barth H., Ph. Garrigues, Ph. (Laboratoire De Physico-Et-Toxichim Garrigues, Ph. Barth Garrigues, Philippe Garrigues, Garrigues Ph., J.-F. Narbonne, Jean-François Narbonne, C. H. Walker, C.H. Walker, Colin Walker
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2001
• EAN: 9780444829139
• ISBN: 978-0-444-82913-9
• No. of pages: 572
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, Marine Biology