Genetics And Ecotoxicology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Forbes, Valery E.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This first volume in the series provides a detailed treatment in ecotoxicology and stresses why genetics is important in understanding if and how chemical contaminants affect populations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000124606
• Artikelnr.: 63161489

Autorenporträt

Valery E. Forbes (Edited by)

Inhaltsangabe

1. Genetics and Ecotoxicology - Insights from the Interface Valery Forbes 2. The Evolution of Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants: Adpatations
Limits
and Costs A. Johnathan Forbes 3. Mercury Tolerance
Population Effects
and Population Genetics in the Mummichog
Fundulus heteroclitus Judith Weis
Nicolay Mugue
Peddrick Weis 4. Chemical-Induced Changes in the Genetic Structure of Populations - Effects on Allozymes Robert Gillespie and Sheldon Guttman 5. Adaptation to Metals in the Midge
Chironomus riparius - a Case Study in the River Dommel Jaap Postma and Dick Groenendijk 6. The Influence of Contamination Complexity on Adaptation to Environmental Contaminants Paul Klerks 7. Natural Selection in Contaminated Environments - a Case Study Using RAPD Genotypes Christopher Theodrakis and Lee Shugart 8. Structural Damage to DNA in Response to Toxicant Exposure Lee Shugart 9. Toxicity and Sexual Reproduction In Rotifers: Reduced Resting Egg Production and Heterozygosity Loss Terry Snell
Manuel Serra and Maria Jose Carmona 10. The Influence of Reproductive Mode and its Genetic Consequences on the Responses of Populations to Toxicants - a Case Study Valery Forbes
Vibeke Moller
Robert Browne and Michael Depledge 11. Genetic Variation in the Response of Daphnia to Toxic Substances: Implication for Risk Assessment Donald Baird and Carlos Barata Barata
University of Stirling
UK
Robert Browne
Wake Forest University
USA
Maria Jose Carmona
University of Valencia
Spain
Michael Depledge
University of Plymouth
Valery Forbes
Roskilde University
Denmark
Robert Gillespie
Indiana University-Purdue University
USA
Dick Groenendijk
University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Sheldon Guttman
Miami University
USA
Paul Klerks
University of Southern Louisiana
USA
Nicolay Mugue
Institute for Developmental Biology
Russia
Vibeke Moller
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Denmark
Jaap Folkert Postma
Aquasense Consultants
The Netherlands
Lee Shugart
LR Shugart and Associates Inc.
USA
Manuel Serra
University of Valencia
Spain
A. Johnathan Shaw
Duke University
USA
Terry Snell
Georgia Institute of Technology
USA
Christopher Theodrakis
Texas A & M University
USA
Judith Weis
Rutgers University
USA
Peddrick Weis
New Jersey Medical School
USA.