Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Advancing Tools for Dealing with Emerging Risks

A comprehensive reference that presents a detailed assessment of recent advances in aquatic ecotoxicology and practical guidance on their use

Claude Amiard-Triquet (Edited by), Jean-Claude Amiard (Edited by), Catherine Mouneyrac (Edited by)

9780128009499, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 14 August 2015

518 pages
23.5 x 19 x 3.1 cm, 1.22 kg

Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Advancing Tools for Dealing with Emerging Risks presents a thorough look at recent advances in aquatic ecotoxicology and their application in assessing the risk of well-known and emerging environmental contaminants.

This essential reference, brought together by leading experts in the field, guides users through existing and novel approaches to environmental risk assessment, then presenting recent advances in the field of ecotoxicology, including omics-based technologies, biomarkers, and reference species.

The book then demonstrates how these advances can be used to design and perform assays to discover the toxicological endpoints of emerging risks within the aquatic environment, such as nanomaterials, personal care products, PFOS and chemical mixtures. The text is an invaluable reference for any scientist who studies the effects of contaminants on organisms that live within aquatic environments.

  1. Introduction
  2. Conventional Risk Assessment
  3. Retrospective Assessment and Environmental Monitoring
  4. How to Improve Exposure Assessment
  5. From Incorporation to Toxicity
  6. From Microcosms to Mesocosms and Field
  7. Individual Biomarkers
  8. Omics
  9. Reference Species
  10. Endobenthic Invertebrates as Reference Species
  11. Filter-feeding Bivalves as Reference Species in the Water Column
  12. Gammarids as Reference Species in Freshwater
  13. Copepods as Reference Species in Estuarine and Marine Waters
  14. Fish as Reference Species in Different Water Masses
  15. Biological Responses at Supra-individual Levels
  16. Ecotoxicological Risk of Endocrine Disruptors
  17. Ecotoxicological Risk of Personal Care Products and Pharmaceuticals
  18. Ecotoxicological Risk of Nanomaterials
  19. Ecotoxicological Risk of Mixtures
  20. General Conclusions

Subject Areas: Fishes [ichthyology PSVW1], Marine biology [PSPM], Hydrobiology [PSP], Molecular biology [PSD], Toxicology [non-medical PSBT], Medical toxicology [MMGT], Fisheries & related industries [KNAF]