Biomarkers

by Peakall, D. B.; Walker, Colin H.; Migula, Pawel

• ISBN13: 9780792356448
• ISBN10: 0792356446
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Many areas of Eastern Europe have been polluted to an extent unknown in the West. Four such sites - Kola Peninsula, northern Bohemia, upper Vistula Basin, and Katowice - have been identified and detailed accounts of the pollution at these sites are given. The current status of the use of biomarkers in hazard assessment is given by several scientists from NATO countries. Four working groups, comprising scientists working on the polluted sites and western scientists with expertise in biomarkers, examine the use of biomarkers to assess the environmental health of each of these areas and make recommendations on the future direction of remedial action in these areas.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Recommendations of NATO advanced Research Workshop	xiii
Acknowledgements	xv
List of Participants	xvii
Part 1. KEY-NOTE PRESENTATIONS
Investigations of Pollution Problems in Eastern Europe and Russia
Dynamics of the Industrial Transformation of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Kola Subarctic	1	(14)
G.A. Evdokimova
Biomonitoring in Northern Bohemia Mining Area, Czech Republic	15	(14)
Jiri Cibulka
The Environmental Situation in the Upper Vistula Basin (Southern Poland)	29	(20)
K. Grodzinska
Ecological Problems of the Katowice Administrative District	49	(26)
S. Godzik
P. Kubiesa
T. Staszewski
J. Szdzuj
Validation of Selected Biomarkers in Invertebrates from the Polluted Silesian Region	75	(16)
P. Migula
M. Augustyniak
P. Laszczyca
G. Wilczek
Genetic and Oncogenic Consequences of Chemical and Radiation Pollution of the Kuzbass and Altai Regions	91	(10)
Ekaterina N. Ilyinskikh
Nikolai N. Ilyinskikh
Irina N. Ilyinskikh
Using Various Biomarkers for the Estimation of the Situation after an Accident at Siberian Chemical Plant	101	(10)
N.N. Ilyinskikh
A.T. Natarajan
I.I. Suskov
S.N. Kolyubaeva
I.I. Danilenko
L.N. Smirennii
A. Yu. Yurkin
E.N. Ilyinskikh
Animals of the Katowice Administrative District (KAD). Pollution in the Past and Present	111	(12)
Krzysztof Dmowski
Andrzej Kedziorski
Paulina Kramarz
The Use of Biomarkers in Hazard Assessment	123	(12)
D.B. Peakall
Biomarkers in Plants	135	(18)
Wilfried H.O. Ernst
Biomarkers in Invertebrates. Evaluating the Effects of Chemicals on Populations and Communities from Biochemical and Physiological Changes in Individuals	153	(24)
Laurent Lagadic
The Use of Biomarkers in Vertebrates	177	(14)
C.H. Walker
Part 2. Working Groups Reports
Report of the Working on the Katowice Administrative District, Poland: A Review of Research done to Date, and Recommendations for Future Research	191	(20)
S.W. Kennedy
S. Godzik
K. Dmowski
R. Handy
A Kedziorski
P. Kramarz
L. Manusadzianas
A. Murk
Report of the Working Group on the Katowice Administrative District: Assessing Environmental Quality in the Upper Vistula Basin of Poland, Using Biomarkers	211	(18)
Tracy K. Collier
Krystina Grodzinska
Laurent Lagadic
Jan Fredrik Børseth
Jesus Gonzalez-Lopez
Albert Lebedev
Mirdza Leinerte
Report of the Working Group on Northern Bohemia	229	(50)
L. Shugart
J. Cibulka
L. Boruvka
E. Curdova
L. Holsbeek
A. Kahru
S. Kotelevtsev
W. Kratz
J. Kubiznakova
C. Walker
Report of the Working Group on the Strategy for the Implementation of a Biomarker Biomonitoring Programme in the Kola Peninsula, Russia	279	(20)
J.M. Weeks
G. Evdokimova
W.H.O Ernst
J. Scott-Fordsmand
J.P. Sousa
V.E. Sergeev
M. Nakonieczny
Part 3. ABSTRACTS OF POSTERS
Concentration of Heavy Metals in Selected Grasses in Relation to their Soil Content in a Heavily Polluted Area	299	(1)
Lubos Boruvka
Using Biomarkers to Monitor Remedial Actions at a Subtidal Estuarine Site Severely Contaminated with Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons	300	(5)
Tracey K. Collier
Mark S. Myers
Heavy Metal Pollution of the Upper Silesia Region: Biomonitoring Studies of Magpie (Picca pica) Tissues	305	(1)
Krzysztof Dmowski
Energy Metabolism in the Butterfly Paranassius appollo from Pieniny Mountains (Southern Poland) and its Possible Use for Biotope Assessment	306	(2)
A. Kedziorski
M. Nakonieczny
J. Bembenek
K. Pyrak
G. Rosinski
Small Mammals as Bioindicators for Terrestrial Ecosystems in Bohemia	308	(2)
E. Koroleva
D. Miholova
J. Cibulka
P. Mader
A. Slameva
Accumulation of Mutagenic Xenobiotics in Water Ecosystems with Special Reference to Lake Baikal	310	(1)
Sergey V. Kotelevtsev
Ludmilla I. Stepanova
Vadim M. Glaser
The Situation Regarding Air Pollution in the Czech Part of Black Triangle (CZ-BT) and its Impact on Spruce Canopy Using Inner Cycling	311	(1)
Jana Kubiznakova
Contamination of Lake Baikal with Organic Priority Pollutants	312	(1)
Albert Lebedev
Olga Polyakova
Nadejda Karakhanova
Valery Petrosyan
Monitoring and Biological Indicators in Kuzbass	313	(1)
Vladimir E. Sergeev
Assessment of Water Pollution from Oil Shale Processing Using Biomarker Response in vivo and in PLHC-1 Fish Cells in vitro	314	(2)
Arvo Tuvikene
Sirpa Huuskonen
Kari Koponen
Ossi Ritola
Ulle Mauer
Pirjo Lindstrom-Seppa
The Effect of Zinc on Detoxifying Enzymes in the Ground Beetle Poecilus cupreus	316	(1)
G. Wilczek
A. Babczyska
P. Kramarz
R. Laskowski
P. Migula
Biotesting as a Method of Environmental Assessment in Industrial Areas	317	(2)
S.V. Chernyshenko
A.N. Misyura
V.Y. Gasso
A.V. Zhukov
Subject Index	319