Use of Biomarkers for Environmental Quality AssessmentCRC Press, 2000 M06 1 - 475 pages This work is primarily designed for any person or organization in charge of assessment of the quality of natural resources and of pollution prevention. |
Contents
General survey of analytic techniques for detection | 1 |
The concept of biomarker | 2 |
Discussion | 3 |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH | 31 |
The North Sea monitoring programme | 35 |
measurement of EROD | 46 |
Conclusion | 54 |
EROD induction in situ and its relation to chemical | 60 |
Chapter 9 | 187 |
Use of Retinoids as Biomarkers | 205 |
Effects of environmental contaminants on retinoid storage | 212 |
Interpretation of fluctuations in retinoid levels | 222 |
Chapter 11 | 229 |
Lysosomal responses to contaminants in indigenous | 238 |
Chapter 12 | 247 |
Chapter 6 | 250 |
Summary and perspectives | 70 |
Chapter 5 | 79 |
Examples of applications | 97 |
Conclusion | 104 |
Acetylcholinesterase | 120 |
Use of cholinesterases in evaluating effects of OP pesticides | 130 |
Biomarkers of Exposure of Birds and Small Mammals | 139 |
Chapter 8 | 169 |
Limits of the use of biomarkers | 179 |
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Use of Biomarkers for Environmental Quality Assessment Jean-Claude Amiard,Th. Caquet,L. Lagadic No preview available - 2000 |
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