Multiple Stresses in Ecosystems

by Cech, Jr.; Joseph J.

• ISBN13: 9781566703093
• ISBN10: 1566703093
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-29
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This volume pulls together information from appropriate experts and the resulting literature of an international conference sponsored by the University of California Toxic Substances Program, to assess where we are today in these relevant fields and which tools will be helpful in designing tomorrow's studies.

Table of Contents

PART ONE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE STRESSES ON ECOSYSTEMS	3	(50)
Chapter 1 Evaluation and Impact of Multiple-Stressors on Ecosystems: Three Classic Case Histories	3	(6)
Daniel W. Anderson
Chapter 2 Extrapolation and Scaling in Ecotoxicology	9	(4)
Simon A. Levin
Chapter 3 A Framework for Evaluating Organism Responses to Multiple Stressors: Mechanisms of Effect and Importance of Modifying Ecological Factors	13	(10)
S. Marshall Adams
K.D. Ham
R.F. LeHew
Chapter 4 Forest Ecosystems and Air Pollution: The Importance of Multiple Stress Interactions on a Regional and Global Scale	23	(18)
George E. Taylor, Jr.
Chapter 5 Multiple Environmental Stresses on the Fragile Lake Tahoe Ecosystem	41	(12)
Charles R. Goldman
PART TWO ESTABLISHING THE HEALTH OF ECOSYSTEMS	53	(80)
Chapter 6 Ecosystem Health: Some Perspectives	53	(6)
Barry W. Wilson
Chapter 7 Physiology and Ecological Health	59	(32)
Alan G. Heath
Chapter 8 Biomarkers: Are There Linkages to Ecological Effects?	91	(10)
Pierre Mineau
Chapter 9 Establishing the Health of Ecosystems	101	(8)
Anne Fairbrother
Chapter 10 Establishing the Health of Ecosystems: The Role of Risk Assessment	109	(14)
Thomas E. McKone
Chapter 11 Stressors in the Marine Environment	123	(4)
Edward D. Goldberg
Chapter 12 An Attempt to Explain Ecological Health with a Metaphor	127	(6)
Bill L. Lasley
PART THREE FUTURE METHODS IN ECOTOXICOLOGY	133	(56)
Chapter 13 Future Directions for Ecotoxicological Methods	133	(2)
James N. Seiber
Chapter 14 Development and Application of Immunoassays for Biological and Environmental Monitoring	135	(20)
Adam S. Harris
Ingrid Wengatz
Monika Wortberg
Sabine B. Kreissig
Shirley J. Gee
Bruce D. Hammock
Chapter 15 Using Surface Probe Localized (31)P NMR Spectroscopy to Understand Sublethal Environmental Actions	155	(26)
Ronald S. Tjeerdema
Chapter 16 The Use of Developing Organisms for Assessing Contamination in the Marine Environment	181	(8)
Gary N. Cherr
Epilogue: Multiple Stresses in Ecosystems	189	(4)
Donald G. Crosby
Index	193