Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition

by Hoffman; David J.

• ISBN13: 9781566705462
• ISBN10: 1566705460
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-13
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

"Handbook of Ecotoxicology" focuses on toxic substances and how they effect ecosystems worldwide. It presents methods for quantifying and measuring ecotoxicological effects in the field and in the lab, as well as methods for estimating, predicting, and modeling in ecotoxicology studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(17)
David J. Hoffman
Barnett A. Rattner
G. Allen Burton, Jr.
John Cairns, Jr.
Section I Quantifying and Measuring Ecotoxicological Effects	17	(262)
Aquatic Toxicology Test Methods	19	(26)
William J. Adams
Carolyn D. Rowland
Model Aquatic Ecosystems in Ecotoxicological Research: Considerations of Design, Implementation, and Analysis	45	(30)
James H. Kennedy
Thomas W. LaPoint
Pinar Balci
Jacob K. Stanley
Zane B. Johnson
Wildlife Toxicity Testing	75	(36)
David J. Hoffman
Sediment Toxicity Testing: Issues and Methods	111	(40)
G. Allen Burton, Jr.
Debra L. Denton
Kay Ho
D. Scott Ireland
Toxicological Significance of Soil Ingestion by Wild and Domestic Animals	151	(16)
W. Nelson Beyer
George F. Fries
Wildlife and the Remediation of Contaminated Soils: Extending the Analysis of Ecological Risks to Habitat Restoration	167	(24)
Greg Linder
Gray Henderson
Elaine Ingham
Phytotoxicity	191	(28)
Stephen J. Klaine
Michael A. Lewis
Sandra L. Knuteson
Landscape Ecotoxicology	219	(14)
Karen Holl
John Cairns, Jr.
Using Biomonitoring Data for Stewardship of Natural Resources	233	(24)
Robert P. Breckenridge
Marilynne Manguba
Patrick J. Anderson
Timothy M. Bartish
Bioindicators of Contaminant Exposure and Effect in Aquatic and Terrestrial Monitoring	257	(22)
Mark J. Melancon
Section II Contaminant Sources and Effects	279	(422)
Wildlife Toxicology of Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticides	281	(32)
Elwood F. Hill
Organochlorine Pesticides	313	(28)
Lawrence J. Blus
Petroleum and Individual Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons	341	(32)
Peter H. Albers
Lead in the Environment	373	(36)
Oliver H. Pattee
Deborah J. Pain
Ecotoxicology of Mercury	409	(56)
James G. Wiener
David P. Krabbenhoft
Gary H. Heinz
Anton M. Scheuhammer
Ecotoxicology of Selenium	465	(36)
Harry M. Ohlendorf
Sources, Pathways, and Effects of PCBs, Dioxins, and Dibenzofurans	501	(74)
Clifford P. Rice
Patrick O'Keefe
Timothy Kubiak
Receiving Water Impacts Associated with Urban Wet Weather Flows	575	(40)
Robert Pitt
Nuclear and Thermal	615	(30)
Linda Meyers-Schone
Sylvia S. Talmage
Global Effects of Deforestation	645	(22)
Richard A. Houghton
Pathogens and Disease	667	(12)
Frederick A. Leighton
Environmental Factors Affecting Contaminant Toxicity in Aquatic and Terrestrial Vertebrates	679	(22)
Barnett A. Rattner
Alan G. Heath
Section III Case Histories and Ecosystem Surveys	701	(152)
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Accident: Ecotoxicological Update	703	(34)
Ronald Eisler
Pesticides and International Migratory Bird Conservation	737	(18)
Michael J. Hooper
Pierre Mineau
Maria Elena Zaccagnini
Brian Woodbridge
Effects of Mining Lead on Birds: A Case History at Coeur d'Alene Basin, Idaho	755	(12)
Charles J. Henny
White Phosphorus at Eagle River Flats, Alaska: A Case History of Waterfowl Mortality	767	(20)
Donald W. Sparling
A Mining Impacted Stream: Exposure and Effects of Lead and Other Trace Elements on Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Nesting in the Upper Arkansas River Basin, Colorado	787	(26)
Christine M. Custer
Thomas W. Custer
Andrew S. Archuleta
Laura C. Coppock
Carol D. Swartz
John W. Bickham
The Hudson River --- PCB Case Study	813	(20)
John P. McCarty
Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment for Aquatic, Wetland, and Terrestrial Habitats along the Clark Fork River, Montana	833	(20)
Greg Linder
Daniel F. Woodward
Gary Pascoe
Section IV Methods for Making Estimates, Predictability, and Risk Assessment in Ecotoxicology	853	(178)
Global Disposition of Contaminants	855	(22)
Roy M. Harrison
Stuart Harrad
Jamie Lead
Bioaccumulation and Bioconcentration in Aquatic Organisms	877	(16)
Mace G. Barron
Structure Activity Relationships for Predicting Ecological Effects of Chemicals	893	(18)
John D. Walker
T. Wayne Schultz
Predictive Ecotoxicology	911	(14)
John Cairns, Jr.
B. R. Niederlehner
Population Modeling	925	(26)
John R. Sauer
Grey W. Pendleton
Ecological Risk Assessment: U.S. EPA's Current Guidelines and Future Directions	951	(34)
Susan B. Norton
William H. van der Schalie
Anne Sergeant
Lynn Blake-Hedges
Randall Wentsel
Victor B. Serveiss
Suzanne M. Marcy
Patricia A. Cirone
Donald J. Rodier
Richard L. Orr
Steven Wharton
Ecological Risk Assessment Example: Waterfowl and Shorebirds Feeding in Ephemeral Pools at Kesterson Reservoir, California	985	(30)
Earl R. Byron
Harry M. Ohlendorf
Gary M. Santolo
Sally M. Benson
Peter T. Zawislanski
Tetsu K. Tokunaga
Michael Delamore
Restoration Ecology and Ecotoxicology	1015	(16)
John Cairns, Jr.
Section V Special Issues in Ecotoxicology	1031	(222)
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Endocrine Active Agents	1033	(66)
Timothy S. Gross
Beverly S. Arnold
Maria S. Sepulveda
Kelly McDonald
A Review of the Role of Contaminants in Amphibian Declines	1099	(30)
Donald W. Sparling
Genetic Effects of Contaminant Exposure and Potential Impacts on Animal Populations	1129	(20)
Lee R. Shugart
Christopher W. Theodorakis
Amy M. Bickham
John W. Bickham
The Role of Ecotoxicology in Industrial Ecology and Natural Capitalism	1149	(24)
John Cairns, Jr.
Indirect Effects of Pesticides on Farmland Wildlife	1173	(24)
Nick Sotherton
John Holland
Trace Element and Nutrition Interactions in Fish and Wildlife	1197	(40)
Steven J. Hamilton
David J. Hoffman
Animal Species Endangerment: The Role of Environmental Pollution	1237	(16)
Oliver H. Pattee
Valerie L. Fellows
Dixie L. Bounds
Index	1253