Fundamentals Of Aquatic Toxicology: Effects, Environmental Fate And Risk Assessment / Edition 2

by Gary M. Rand

Overview

This text is divided into three parts. The first part describes basic toxicological concepts and methodologies used in aquatic toxicity testing, including the philosophies underlying testing strategies now required to meet and support regulatory standards.
The second part of the book discusses various factors that affect transport, transformation, ultimate distribution, and accumulation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, along with the use of modelling to predict fate.; The final section of the book reviews types of effects or endpoints evaluated in field studies and the use of structure-activity relationships in aquatic toxicology to predict biological activity and physio-chemical properties of a chemical. This section also contains an extensive background of environmental legislation in the USA and within the European Community, and an introduction to hazard/risk assessment with case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560320913
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/05/1995
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	1148
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gary M. Rand Ph .D (Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA) (Edited by)

Table of Contents

Introduction to Aquatic Toxicology, Part I Effectw-Toxicity Testing, Part II Environmental Fate, Part III Assessment, Exposure/Efffects, Environmental Legislation and Hazard/Risk.

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive textbook designed primarily for graduate courses in aquatic and environmental toxicology. It deals with general principles and concepts, and the evaluation of toxicity data, with emphasis on methodologies used in aquatic toxicology. This edition retains classic chapters of the first, but has been expanded to address current testing procedures, data evaluation and interpretation, fate, environmental legislation, and risk assessment. The introduction reviews basic concepts and principles, examines concentration-response relationships, and presents an update on new findings for interpreting aquatic toxicology data. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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