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Contents
organophosphates | 1 |
The concept of biomarker | 2 |
Results of GICBEM campaigns in 1989 and 1991 in | 15 |
Discussion | 26 |
Chapter 3 | 33 |
General description of the North Sea | 39 |
activity | 46 |
Conclusion | 54 |
Chapter 8 | 169 |
Limits of the use of biomarkers | 179 |
Chapter 9 | 187 |
Elements for setting up a strategy for use of hormonal | 198 |
Use of Retinoids as Biomarkers | 205 |
Effects of environmental contaminants on retinoid storage | 212 |
Interpretation of fluctuations in retinoid levels | 222 |
Chapter 11 | 229 |
EROD induction in situ and its relation to chemical | 60 |
Summary and perspectives | 70 |
Chapter 5 | 79 |
General survey of sources of variability in metallothionein | 85 |
Examples of applications | 97 |
Conclusion | 104 |
Chapter 6 | 113 |
Acetylcholinesterase | 120 |
Use of cholinesterases in evaluating effects of OP pesticides | 130 |
Biomarkers of Exposure of Birds and Small Mammals | 139 |
Lysosomal responses to contaminants in indigenous | 238 |
Chapter 12 | 247 |
Ecotoxicological significance of resistance | 259 |
Chapter 13 | 269 |
Biomarkers and behaviour | 279 |
Conclusion Limits to the use of biomarkers for predicting | 291 |
Conclusion | 303 |
Validation of the use of biomarkers in the monitoring | 306 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Use of Biomarkers for Environmental Quality Assessment |
| Authors | Jean-Claude Amiard, Th. Caquet, L. Lagadic |
| Publisher | CRC Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 9054107030, 9789054107033 |
| Length | 475 pages |
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