01364nam a22001457a 4500008004100000020001800041050001800059100001900077245005000096250001200146260003700158300003400195500005100229505093800280181024b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781439862667  aQH545.A1 P745  aWalker, C. H.   aPrinciples of ecotoxicology. /cC. H. Walker.  a4th ed.  aBoca Raton :bCPC Press, c2012.  axxv, 360 p. :bill. ;c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: Section I: Pollutants and their fate in ecosystems: Major classes of pollutants -- Routes by which pollutants enter ecosystems -- Long-range movements and global transport of pollutants -- The fate of metals and radioactive isotopes in contaminated ecosystems -- Fates of organic pollutants in individuals and in ecosystems -- Section II: Effects of pollutants on individual organisms: Testing for ecotoxicity -- Biochemistry effect of pollutants -- Physiological effects of pollutants -- Interactive effects of pollutants -- Biomarker -- In situ biological monitoring -- Section III: Effects of pollutants on populations and communities: Changes in numbers: population dynamics -- Evolution of resistance to pollution -- Changes in communities and ecosystems -- Extrapolating from molecular interactions to consequent effect at population level -- Biomarkers in populations studies -- Ecotoxicology: looking to the future.