Tolerance to Environmental Contaminants (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Amiard-Triquet, Claude; Romeo, Michele; Rainbow, Philip S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This up-to-date compilation from international experts covers the tolerance of living organisms to toxic contaminants. It examines the degree of generalization of tolerance at different levels of biological organization. It discusses the defense mechanisms involved in the acquisition of tolerance to different classes of environmental contaminants, taking into account the limits at which such mechanisms are overwhelmed. The book also considers the ecological consequences and specific aspects of tolerance, especially those that impact the environment and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439817711
• Artikelnr.: 38304004

Autorenporträt

Claude Amiard-Triquet, Philip S. Rainbow, Michèle Roméo

Inhaltsangabe

Pollution Tolerance: From Fundamental Biological Mechanisms to Ecological
Consequences. Tolerance to Contaminants: Evidence from Chronically-Exposed
Populations of Aquatic Organisms. Inter- and Intra-Specific Variability of
Tolerance: Implications for Bioassays and Biomonitoring. Microbial
Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance. Tolerance to Natural Environmental
Change and the Effect of Added Chemical Stress. Mechanisms of Defence and
the Acquisition of Tolerance to Chemical Stress. Biodynamic Parameters of
the Accumulation of Toxic Metals, Detoxification and the Acquisition of
Metal Tolerance. Antioxidant Defences and Acquisition of Tolerance to
Chemical Stress. Biotransformation of Organic Contaminants and the
Acquisition of Resistance. Stress Proteins and the Acquisition of
Tolerance. The Multixenobiotic Transport System: A System Governing
Intracellular Contaminant Bioavailability. Ecological and Ecophysiological
Aspects of Tolerance. Tolerance and Biodiversity. Cost of Tolerance.
Tolerance and the Trophic Transfer of Contaminants. Case Studies. Bacterial
Tolerance in Contaminated Soils: Potential of the PICT Approach in
Microbial Ecology. Adaptation to Metals in Higher Plants: The Case of
Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae). Insects and Pesticides. Conclusions.