Böcker av Michael C. Newman

The purpose of this volume is to foster the understanding of metal interactions with abiotic or biotic components of ecosystems by presenting current reviews or applications of ecotoxicological concepts.

The text details key environmental contaminants, explores their fates in the biosphere, bioaccumulation, and the effects of contaminants at increasing levels of ecological organization. Vignettes written by experts illustrate key themes. It offers an instructors' manual, PowerPoint slides, supplemental images, and a solutions manual.

Discusses various aspects of metal ecotoxicology. This book discusses topics that include metals in abiotic components of ecosystems, autecology (effects of metals relative to the individual or a single species), and metals in marine and freshwater systems in the context of synecology (species associated and interacting as a unit).

A quantitative treatment of the science of ecotoxicology, this expanded and fully updated second edition discusses fundamental concepts and definitions essential to understanding the fate and effects of toxicants at various levels of ecological organization. It includes definitions of scientific ecotoxicology and associated topics and outlines the historical perspective, rationale, and characteristics for the strong inferential and quantitative approach advocated in this book. It then outlines the quantitative methods, highlighting important design issues. Numerous figures and tables accompany the text, with many statistical tables included in the appendix for quick reference.

Focuses on the paradigms and fundamental themes of ecotoxicology while providing the detail and practical application of concepts. This book covers a variety of instructional vantages and engenders a respect for the importance of understanding and integrating concepts from all levels of biological organization.