Gebundenes Buch

Wildlife Toxicology

Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues

Herausgeber: Kendall, Ronald J.; Cobb, George C.; Lacher, Thomas E.

Beschreibung

Providing the latest information on the effects of environmental contaminants and biodiversity issues on wildlife, this comprehensive reference identifies and documents examples of chemical stressor exposure and response among ecosystem receptors worldwide. Experts in the field, contributors examine new findings on wildlife toxicology of munitions-related compounds, agriculture, and biofuels. Chapters address emerging diseases and expansion of pesticide/contaminant use, impacts on biodiversity, atmospheric contaminants and climate change, population modeling, and emerging transnational issues in ecotoxicology. Several case studies throughout the book emphasize emerging contaminant and biodiversity issues.

Autor

Ronald J. Kendall, Ph.D., is the director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH). He is also chair of the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and former president of SETAC. Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., Ph.D., is head of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A & M University in College Station. George P. Cobb III, Ph.D., is a professor of Environmental Toxicology, TlEHH, at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He is also the incoming president of SETAC. Stephen Boyd Cox, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Environmental Toxicology, TlEHH, at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 675g
• ISBN-13: 9781439817940
• ISBN-10: 1439817944
• Artikelnr.: 29951405