"Fish Physiology: Organic Chemical Toxicology of Fishes"
discusses the different types of organic chemical contaminants and
their respective toxic effects in fish. The book also covers the
detection of dissolved organic compounds and methods to assess
organic toxicity. Substances addressed in this book include
organometallics, hydrocarbons, endocrine disrupting compounds
(EDCs), insecticides, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals.
Fish are exposed to an ever-increasing array of organic
chemicals that find their way into rivers and oceans. Some of these
compounds are no longer being produced but nonetheless persist
within the environment (persistent organic pollutants, or POPs).
The exposure of fish to toxic organic compounds has potential
impact on human, fish, and ecosystem health. Yet the regulations
that govern environmental water quality vary worldwide, and
compliance is never complete. This book provides a crucial resource
on these issues for researchers in zoology, fish physiology, and
related fields; applied researchers in environmental monitoring,
conservation biology, and toxicology; and university-level students
and instructors in these areas.
Organized by type of toxic organic chemicalsIncludes metals, POPs,
EDCs, herbicides, insecticides, and pharmaceuticalsMeasures
toxicity in a variety of ways aside from lethalityProbes the toxic
effects of compound mixtures as well as single pollutants
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