Toxicology of marine mammals / edited by Joseph G. Vos ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vos, Joseph G.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

New perspectives (Taylor & Francis)

New perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine mammals--Effect of water pollution on.

Marine mammals.

Physical Description:

xi, 643 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003.

Contents:

Pathology of marine mammals with special reference to infectious diseases / Robert B. Moeller, Jr.

Contaminants and marine mammal immunotoxicology and pathology / Sylvain de Guise, Kimberlee B. Beckmen and Steven D. Holladay

Reproductive and developmental effects of environmental organochlorines on marine mammals / Peter J.H. Reijnders

Effects of environmental contaminants on the endocrine system of marine mammals / Mary Gregory and Daniel G. Cyr

Opportunities for environmental contaminant research : what we can learn from marine mammals in human care / Michelle L. Reddy and Sam H. Ridgway

Persistent ocean contaminants and marine mammals : a retrospective overview / Thomas J. O'Shea and Shinsuke Tanabe

Heavy metals in marine mammals / Krishna Das ... [et al.]

Persistent organic contaminants in Arctic marine mammals / Todd M. O'Hara and Paul R. Becker

Inorganic pollutants in Arctic marine mammals / Todd M. O'Hara, Victoria Woshner and Gerald Bratton

Impacts of algal toxins on marine mammals / Frances M. van Dolah ... [et al.]

Toxicology of sirenians / Thomas J. O'Shea

Cetaceans and contaminants / Theo Colborn and Michael J. Smolen

Pathology of cetaceans. A case study : beluga from the St. Lawrence estuary / Daniel Martineau ... [et al.]

Immune status of St. Lawrence estuary beluga whales / Pauline Brousseau ... [et al.]

Evaluation of genotoxic effects of environmental contaminants in cells of marine mammals, with particular emphasis on beluga whales / J.M. Gauthier, H. Dubeau and E. Rassart

Mechanisms of aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity : implications for cetacean morbidity and mortality / Michael J. Carvan III and David L. Busbee

Ecotoxicological investigations of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) strandings : accumulation of persistent organic chemicals and metals / John E. Stein ... [et al.]

Global temporal trends of organochlorines and heavy metals in pinnipeds / Peter J.H. Reijnders and Mark P. Simmonds

Pathology in Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in relation to environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors / A. Bergman, A. Bignert and M. Olsson

The immune system, environmental contaminants and virus-associated mass mortalities among pinnipeds / Peter S. Ross, Joseph G. Vos and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus

The effects of chemical contaminants on immune functions in harbour seals : results of a semi-field study / Joseph G. Vos ... [et al.]

Immunotoxicology of free-ranging pinnipeds : approaches to study design / Peter S. Ross, Kimberlee B. Beckmen and Stéphane Pillet

Conclusions and perspectives for the future / Thomas J. O'Shea... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0415239141

9780415239141

OCLC:

50002576

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