Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues / Edition 1

by Ronald J. Kendall, Thomas E. Lacher, George C. Cobb, Stephen Boyd Cox

Overview

Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, environmental contaminants, and other emerging chemical threats, and their impact on wildlife populations.

Addresses Emerging Wildlife Threats in One Concise Volume

A decade ago, many of these threats existed but were either unrecognized or considered minor issues, and all have now snowballed into major challenges for the conservation of wildlife populations. This is the first book to address these dangers in a single volume and recommend proven mitigation techniques to protect and sustain Earth’s wildlife populations.

Examines Species Range Shifts, Ocean Acidification, Coral Bleaching, & Impacts of Heightened UV Influx

This comprehensive reference identifies and documents examples of chemical stressor exposures and responses among ecosystem receptors worldwide. Chapters discuss emerging diseases and the expansion of pesticide/contaminant use, as well as agricultural trends and biofuels, and the widespread use of munitions and explosives from military and industrial-related activities. With the aid of several solid case studies, the book also addresses atmospheric contaminants and climate change, population modeling, and emerging transnational issues in ecotoxicology.

Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues stimulates dialogue among the academic and research communities and environmental public policy decision makers. The book challenges these groups to think more globally about environmental contaminants and their potential impacts on biodiversity and environmental degradation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367384081
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/19/2019
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ronald J. Kendall, Ph.D., is the director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH). He is also chair of the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and former president of SETAC.
Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., Ph.D., is head of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A & M University in College Station.
George P. Cobb III, Ph.D., is a professor of Environmental Toxicology, TlEHH, at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He is also the incoming president of SETAC.
Stephen Boyd Cox, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Environmental Toxicology, TlEHH, at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Preface ix

Editors xi

Authors xv

Contributing Authors xvii

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview Ronald J. Kendall 1

Chapter 2 Environmental Toxicology of Munitions-Related Compounds: Nitroaromatics and Nitramines Todd A. Anderson 15

Chapter 3 Agriculture: Pesticides, Plant Genetics, and Biofuels Spencer R. Mortensen Thomas E. Nickson George P. Cobb 39

Chapter 4 Influence of Pesticides and Environmental Contaminants on Emerging Diseases of Wildlife Steven M. Presley Galen P. Austin C. Brad Dabbert 73

Chapter 5 Impacts of Contaminants and Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Structure and Function Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. John W. Bickham Claude Gascon Rhys E. Green Robin D. Moore Miguel Mora 111

Chapter 6 Impacts of Anthropogenic CO₂ and Climate Change on the Biology of Terrestrial and Marine Systems Lee Hannah 147

Chapter 7 Statistical Models in Wildlife Toxicology Stephen B. Cox 173

Chapter 8 Global Perspectives on Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Issues Philip N. Smith Mohamad Afzal Redha Al-Hasan Henk Bouwman Luisa E. Castillo Michael H. Depledge Muralidharan Subramanian Venugopal Dhananjayan Cristina Fossi Malsha Kitulagodage Henrik Kylin Robin Law Letizia Marsili Todd O'Hara Manuel Spinola Paul Story Céline Godard-Codding 197

Chapter 9 Ecological Risk Assessment and Emerging Issues in Wildlife Toxicology Christopher J. Salice 257

Chapter 10 Looking Forward: The Global Future of Wildlife Toxicology Ronald J. Kendall Todd A. Anderson George P. Cobb Stephen B. Cox Lee Hannah Thomas E. Lacher Steven M. Presley Christopher J. Salice Philip N. Smith 279

Index 291

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This work uses selected examples to highlight the complicated yet pertinent interactions between environmental contaminants and real-world global challenges. … The chapter ‘Global Perspectives on Wildlife Toxicology’ is particularly impressive as it provides a snapshot of key issues, organized by geographical regions. The book will be of particular use to advanced readers who have a sound basis in environmental toxicology and seek to expand their knowledge into a broader, global framework. The key concepts covered in the book are essential in advancing an understanding of environmental quality and sustainability on an ever-changing planet. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
—CHOICE, January 2011

Each of the chapters is a reasonable review of the topic at hand. I very much enjoyed the chapter on biodiversity and ecosystem function by Lacher and coauthors, which presents four interesting case studies of how contaminants have had effects at the population and ecosystem levels. From veterinary pharmaceuticals reducing ungulate-carrion-eating vultures in India to diclophenac and amphibian declines, from genetic and evolutionary changes in wildlife in Azerbaijan to agriculture and birds, these four case studies provide insight into events in parts of the world unfamiliar to many of us, places with less regulation of pesticides and toxic substances than we have here. Similarly, interesting insight is provided by the chapter on global perspectives, which presents information about contaminant threats to wildlife in different geographical regions, each region being covered by a different set of authors for a total of seventeen. It is frightening to learn about the excessive use of pesticides in developing countries that lack evironmental regulation.
—Judith S. Weis, Rutgers University, New Jersey, in BioScience, February 2011

Editorial Reviews

This work uses selected examples to highlight the complicated yet pertinent interactions between environmental contaminants and real-world global challenges. … The chapter ‘Global Perspectives on Wildlife Toxicology’ is particularly impressive as it provides a snapshot of key issues, organized by geographical regions. The book will be of particular use to advanced readers who have a sound basis in environmental toxicology and seek to expand their knowledge into a broader, global framework. The key concepts covered in the book are essential in advancing an understanding of environmental quality and sustainability on an ever-changing planet. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
—CHOICE, January 2011

Each of the chapters is a reasonable review of the topic at hand. I very much enjoyed the chapter on biodiversity and ecosystem function by Lacher and coauthors, which presents four interesting case studies of how contaminants have had effects at the population and ecosystem levels. From veterinary pharmaceuticals reducing ungulate-carrion-eating vultures in India to diclophenac and amphibian declines, from genetic and evolutionary changes in wildlife in Azerbaijan to agriculture and birds, these four case studies provide insight into events in parts of the world unfamiliar to many of us, places with less regulation of pesticides and toxic substances than we have here. Similarly, interesting insight is provided by the chapter on global perspectives, which presents information about contaminant threats to wildlife in different geographical regions, each region being covered by a different set of authors for a total of seventeen. It is frightening to learn about the excessive use of pesticides in developing countries that lack evironmental regulation.
—Judith S. Weis, Rutgers University, New Jersey, in BioScience, February 2011

From the Publisher