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9780080418742

Persistent Pollutants in Marine Ecosystems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780080418742

  • ISBN10:

    0080418740

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1992-10-01
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

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This new volume from the SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Special Publications Series examines the phenomenon of persistent pollutants in the seas and oceans. Unlike the highly visible and obvious effects caused by oil, certain chemicals have unseen but long-term and far-reaching effects on the marine ecosystem. They often have long half-lives, are carried great distances and pass easily through the food chain from prey to predator. The behaviour and effects of these persistent pollutants on each type of marine animal (invertebrates, vertebrates, fish, mammals and fish-eating birds) are described. A final overview draws the observations and conclusions together presenting a work that provides a foundation for understanding the behaviour of persistent pollutants in the marine environment.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Invertebrates of Lower Trophic Levels
Persistent pollutants in marine invertebrates
Occurrence and fate of persistent pollutants in marine invertebrates - studies with polychaetes and the common mussel,Mytilus edulis
Invertebrates of Higher Trophic Levels
The distribution of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in juvenile blue crabs,Callinectes sapidusand the physiological effects of consumption of food from a polluted environment on this species
The relationship between PCBs in biota and in water and sediment from New Bedford harbor - a modelling evaluation
Fish
Chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons in bottom sediments
Marine Mammals
The toxicokinetics of PCBs in marine mammals with special reference to possible interactions of individual congeners with the cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase system
Chemical modernization and vulnerability of cetaceans - increasing toxic threat of organochlorine contaminants
Fish-Eating Birds
Patterns and trends of organochlorine contamination in Canadian sea birds eggs
Problems of bioaccumulation in fish-eating birds from the Mediterranean
The ecotoxicology of persistent pollutants in marine fish-eating birds
Overview
Pollutants in marine ecosystems - an overview
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