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Ecotoxicology / edited by Ghousia Begum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Begum, Ghousia, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental toxicology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2012
- Rijeka, Croatia : IntechOpen, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a good book on upcoming areas of Ecotoxicology. The first chapter describes genotoxicity of heavy metals in plants. The second chapter offer views on chromatographic methodologies for the estimation of mycotoxin. Chapter three is on effects of xenobiotics on benthic assemblages in different habitats of Australia. Laboratory findings of genotoxins on small mammals are presented in chapter four. The fifth chapter describes bioindicators of soil quality and assessment of pesticides used in chemical seed treatments. European regulation REACH in marine ecotoxicology is described in chapter six. X-ray spectroscopic analysis for trace metal in invertebrates is presented in chapter seven. The last chapter is on alternative animal model for toxicity testing. In conclusion, this book is an excellent and well organized collection of up dated information on Ecotoxicology. The data presented in it might be a good starting point to develop research in the field of ECOTOXICOLOGY.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 12, 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789535168072
- 953516807X
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