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Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions
Focusing on the field of metal ion bioactivity in Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR), Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions concentrates on the basic and essential applications of QSAR methods to predict metal ion toxicity, bioconcentration, biosorption, and binding. An excellent...
Published December 12th 2012 by CRC Press
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Quantitative Ecotoxicology, Second Edition
Quantitative Ecotoxicology, Second Edition explores models and methods of quantitative ecotoxicology at progressively higher biological scales using worked examples and common software packages. It complements the author’s previous books, Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, Third Edition and...
Published August 28th 2012 by CRC Press
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Mercury Pollution
A Transdisciplinary Treatment
How does mercury get out of the ground and into our food? Is tuna safe to eat? What was the Minamata Disaster? Mercury Pollution: A Transdisciplinary Treatment addresses these questions and more. The editors weave interdisciplinary threads into a tapestry that presents a more complete picture of...
Published August 21st 2011 by CRC Press
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Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, Third Edition
Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to maintain an acceptable quality of life. Fully revised and expanded to reflect new developments, the third edition of Fundamentals...
Published September 27th 2009 by CRC Press
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Ecotoxicology
A Comprehensive Treatment
Integrating ecotoxicological concepts across a range of hierarchical levels, Ecotoxicology: A Comprehensive Treatment focuses on the paradigms and fundamental themes of ecotoxicology while providing the detail and practical application of concepts often found in more specialized books. By...
Published December 12th 2007 by CRC Press
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Risk Assessment with Time to Event Models
Series: Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment
How can environmental regulators use information on 48-hour toxicity tests to predict the effects of a few minutes of pollution? Or, at the other extreme, what is the relevance of 96-hour toxicity data for organisms that may have been exposed to a pollutant for six months or more? Time to event...
Published December 3rd 2001 by CRC Press
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Risk Assessment
Logic and Measurement
Accurate risk assessments are vital to the protection of human, environmental, and ecosystem health. Risk Assessment provides a current, comprehensive reference for researchers and professionals concerned with environmental contamination as well as its effects on humans and ecosystems....
Published April 30th 1998 by CRC Press
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Ecotoxicology
A Hierarchical Treatment
In Ecotoxicology: A Hierarchical Treatment, 20 recognized experts from around the world identify and present the fundamental concepts of ecotoxicology at the biological level central to their own research. Superbly organized, the book proceeds sequentially by chapter from the chemical to cellular...
Published January 11th 1996 by CRC Press
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Metal Ecotoxicology Concepts and Applications
Series: Advances in Trace Substances Research
This book provides an in-depth discussion of various aspects of metal ecotoxicology. State-of-the-art information and techniques in areas ranging from metal behavior in surface waters to bioaccumulation kinetics and toxicokinetics to community effects are presented in a hierarchical arrangement....
Published October 28th 1991 by CRC Press