Description |
x, 508 pages,2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
Series |
Environmental science research ; v. 56 |
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Environmental science research ; v. 56
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Contents |
1. Introduction / Frank M. Butterworth, Rafael Villalobos-Pietrini and Maria E. Gonsebatt -- 2. A Brief Review of Chemical and Biological Continuous Monitoring of Rivers in Europe and Asia / Amara Gunatilaka and Peter Diehl -- 3. The Evaluation of "Dynamic Daphnia Test" after a Decade of Use: Benefits and Constraints / Amara Gunatilaka, Peter Diehl and Heike Puzicha -- 4. The "Musselmonitor" as Biological Early Warning System: The First Decade / Kees J. M. Kramer and Edwin M. Foekema -- 5. Quantitative Behavior Analysis - A New Approach to the Challenges of Environmental Toxicology / O. Hunrich Spieser -- 6. An Introduction to Behavioral Monitoring - Effects of Nonylphenol and Ethinyl-Estradiol on Swimming Behavior of Juvenile Carp / O. Hunrich Spieser, Julia Schwaiger and Hermann Ferling / [et al.] -- 7. How to Use Fish Behavior Analysis to Sensitively Assess the Hazard Potentials of Environmental Chemicals / Daniela Baganz, Georg Staaks and O. Hunrich Spieser / [et al.] -- 8. Continuous Water Monitoring: Changes of Behavior Patterns as Indicators of Pollutants / Elke Blubaum-Gronau, Michael Hoffmann and O. Hunrich Spieser / [et al.] -- 9. Restoration and Classification of Water-Borne Microbial Images for Continuous Monitoring of Water Quality / Manohar Das and Frank M. Butterworth -- 10. Screen-printed Disposable Biosensors for Environmental Pollution Monitoring / David C. Cowell, Abdul K. Abass and Antony A. Dowman / [et al.] -- 11. Optical Sensors and Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring / Patricia Scully, Rekha Chandy and Robert Edwards / [et al.] -- 12. Recombination as Indicator for Genotoxic and "Non-genotoxic" Environmental Carcinogens / Rudolf Fahrig -- 13. Somatic Mutation and Recombination Test in Drosophila Used for Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollutants / Judith Guzman-Rincon, Patricia Ramirez-Victoria and Luis Benitez -- 14. A New Way to View Complex Mixtures: Measurement of Genotoxic Effects of Mixtures of a Polychlorinated Biphenyl, a Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon, and Arsenic / Richard M. McGowen, D. Carl Freeman and Frank M. Butterworth -- 15. Drosophila is a Reliable Biomonitor of Water Pollution / Patricia Ramos-Morales, Maria Guadalupe Ordaz and Adriana Dorantes / [et al.] -- 16. A New Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor for Ecologically Relevant Supervision of Surface Waters / Almut Gerhardt -- 17. Cytogenetic and Cytotoxic Damage in Exfoliated Cells as Indicators of Effects in Humans / Maria E. Gonsebatt, Patricia Guzman and Juliana Blas -- 18. p53 Mutation Load: a Molecular Linkage to Carcinogen Exposure and Cancer / S. Perwez Hussain and Curtis C. Harris -- 19. Plant Biomonitors in Aquatic Environments: Assessing Impairment via Plant Performance / Lesley Lovett-Doust and Jon Lovett-Doust -- 20. Fish Chromosomes as Biomarkers of Genotoxic Damage and Proposal for the Use of Tropical Catfish Species for Short-term Screening of Genotoxic Agents / Manuel Uribe-Alcocer and Pindaro Diaz-Jaimes -- 21. The Tetramitus Assay / Robert L. Jaffe -- 22. The Use of Aquatic Invertebrate Toxicity Tests and Invertebrate Enzyme Biomarkers to Assess Toxicity in the States of Aguascalientes and Jalisco, Mexico / Roberto Rico-Martinez, Carlos Alberto Velazquez-Rojas and Ignacio Alejandro Perez-Legaspi / [et al.] -- 23. Biomonitoring of Pesticides by Plant Metabolism: an Assay Based on the Induction of Sister-Chromatid Exchanges in Human Lymphocyte Cultures by Promutagen Activation of Vicia faba / Sandra Gomez-Arroyo, Maria Elena Calderon-Segura and Rafael Villabos-Pietrini -- 24. Genetic Monitoring of Airborne Particles / Rafael Villalobos-Pietrini, Sandra Gomez-Arroyo and Omar Amador-Munoz -- 25. Abstracts of presentations not submitted as chapters |
Notes |
"Proceedings of the 41st Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research Symposium on Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change 2, held May 18-22, 1998, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada"--T.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
Subject |
Biological monitoring -- Congresses.
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Pollution -- Measurement -- Congresses.
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Indicators (Biology) -- Congresses.
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Biochemical markers -- Congresses.
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Environmental monitoring -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Butterworth, Frank M.
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Gunatilaka, Amara.
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Gonsebatt, Maria Eugenia.
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International Association for Great Lakes Research.
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Conference on Great Lakes Research (41st : 1998 : Hamilton, Ont.)
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Symposium on Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change (2nd : 1998 : Hamilton, Ont.)
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LC no. |
2001267149 |
ISBN |
0306463873 |
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