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Ecotoxicology: Effects of Pollutants on the Natural Environment (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781466591790)
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xThis book explains the science behind the harmful effects of pollutants to the natural environment, and relates this subject to the chemical defense mechanisms in plants and animals that have occurred in nature since early times on the evolutionary scale. It outlines the basic issues and principles of ecotoxicology, how ecotoxicity is measured, biomagnification of persistent pollutants in food chains, toxic effects at different levels of biological organization, the development of resistance to pesticides and other biocides, as well as some problems of inorganic pollution
Author: Colin Walker
ISBN-10: 146659179X
ISBN-13: 9781466591790
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2014
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.60d
By Colin Walker
xColin Walker originally qualified as an agricultural chemist. He was responsible for chemical and biochemical studies of environmental pollutants at the Monk's Wood Experimental Station during the mid-1960s when certain effects of organochlorine insecticides were established. This work led to restrictions on the use of cyclodienes and DDT. He subsequently joined the University of Reading where he taught and conducted research on the molecular basis of toxicity with particular reference to ecotoxicology. Now retired, he is currently affiliated with the Department of Biosciences at the University of Exeter where he contributes to the teaching of a course in ecotoxicology.
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