J. M. Lynch

Environmental Biomonitoring

The Biotechnology Ecotoxicology Interface
Herausgeber: Lynch, James M.; Wiseman, Alan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1998, this broad-ranging volume is concerned with ecologically effective environmental protection and management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780521621410
• ISBN-10: 0521621410
• Artikelnr.: 33259303

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword R. May; 1. The value of biomonitors in bioremediation strategies
against ecotoxicants J. M. Lynch and A. Wiseman; Part I. Ocotoxicology and
Biomonitoring: 2. Our environmental future - the role of science J. Krebs;
3. Pollution and its ecotoxicological consequences J. H. Koeman; 4.
Advances in biomonitoring sensitivity and reliability in PAH-contaminated
soil A. Wetzel; 5. Microbial parameters for monitoring soil pollution C. E.
Pankhurst, S. L. Rogers and V. V. S. R. Gupta; 6. Release of
genetically-modified microorganisms and biomonitoring F. A. A. M. De Leij,
M. J. Bailey, J. M. Whipps, I. P. Thompson, P. A. Bramwell and J. M. Lynch;
7. Biomonitoring in the aqueous environment: use of cytochromes P450 and
other molecular biomarkers in fish and mussels D. R. Livingstone and P. S.
Goldfarb; Part II. Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation: 8. Use of
non-indigenous organisms for bioremediation - the promise and the concerns
R. Colwell; 9. Bioremediation case studies R. M. Atlas; 10. Utilisation of
biocatalysts in cellulose waste minimisation J. Woodward and B. R. Evans;
11. Sensors for nitrogen-removal monitoring in waste-water treatment K.
Gernaey, H. Bogarert, P. Vanrolleghem, L. Van Vooren and W. Verstraete; 12.
Nitrogen fertilizer and ecotoxicology: global distribution of environmental
pollution caused by food production; H. Kawashima, K. Okamoto, M. J. Bazin
and J. M. Lynch; Part III. Biosafety Regulations and Economics: 13. Risk
perception attitudes and defence strategies associated with toxic
substances: the case of lead contamination in Hungary Z. Fuzesi, L. Tistyan
and A. Vari; 14. Risk economics, risk assessment and legislation:
methodology B. Nordenstam; 15. Environmental biomonitoring - legal problems
world-wide S. Battersby; 16. Bioremediation - an economic perspective S.
Shohet; Part IV. Directional-Pointers to Future Environmental Problems: 17.
Development of 'Fail-Safe Strategies' to combat biohazards from
environmental xenobiotics A. Wiseman and J. M. Lynch; Index.