Samuel N. Luoma, Philip S. Rainbow

Metal Contamination in Aquatic Environments

Science and Lateral Management

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explanation of why controversies exist in managing metal contamination, highlighting opportunities for policy solutions and effective management in the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1121g
• ISBN-13: 9780521279017
• ISBN-10: 0521279011
• Artikelnr.: 33612707

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Conceptual underpinnings: science and management
3. Historical and disciplinary context
4. Sources and cycles of trace metals
5. Concentrations and speciation of metals in natural waters
6. Trace metals in suspended particulates and sediments: concentrations and geochemistry
7. Trace metal bioaccumulation
8. Biomonitors
9. Manifestation of the toxic effects of trace metals: the biological perspective
10. Toxicity testing
11. Manifestation of metal effects in nature
12. Mining and metal contamination: science, controversies and policies
13. Selenium: dietary exposure, trophic transfer and food web effects
14. Organometals: tributyl tin and methyl mercury
15. Hazard rankings and water quality guidelines
16. Sediment quality guidelines
17. Harmonizing approaches to managing metal contamination: integrative and weight of evidence approaches
18. Conclusions: science and policy.