Ecological biomarkers:indicators of ecotoxicological effects

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Amiard-Triquet C.; Amiard J. C.; Rainbow P. S.
Published: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton
Publication Dates: c2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiii, 450 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9781439880173 (hardback : alk. paper)
1439880174 (hardback : alk. paper)
Index Number: R994
CLC: R994.6
Call Number: R994.6/E193
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Jean-Claude Amiard -- 2. History of Biomarkers / Laure Giamberini -- 3. Biomarkers of Defense, Tolerance, and Ecological Consequences / Catherine Mouneyrac -- 4. Molecular and Histocy tological Biomarkers / Claude Amiard-Triquet -- 5. Linking Lysosomal Biomarkers and Ecotoxicological Effects at Higher Biological Levels / Susanna Sforzini -- 6. Linking Immunotoxicity and Ecotoxicological Effects at Higher Biological Levels / Michel Fournier -- 7. Sentinel Species / Brigitte Berthet -- 8. Impairments of Endocrine Functions: Causes and Consequences / Benoit Xuereb -- 9. Impairments of Endocrine Functions: Case Studies / Christophe Minier -- 10. Behavioral Ecotoxicology / Jean-Claude Amiard -- 11. Origin of Energy Metabolism Impairments / Claude Amiard-Triquet -- 12. Consequences of Energy Metabolism Impairments / Alexandre Pery -- 13. Biomarkers of Genotoxicity for In Situ Studies at Individual and Population Levels / Sebastien Lemiere -- 14. Evolutionary Toxicology and Transcriptomic Approaches / Jean Laroche -- 15. Biomarkers Currently Used in Environmental Monitoring / Philip S. Rainbow -- 16. Conclusions: Biomarkers in Environmental Risk Assessment / Philip S. Rainbow.