Biomonitoring of Pollutants in the Global South / edited by Sylvester Chibueze Izah, Matthew Chidozie Ogwu, Hossein Hamidifar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izah, Sylvester Chibueze.

Contributor:

Ogwu, Matthew Chidozie.

Hamidifar, Hossein.

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population biology.

Restoration ecology.

Bioremediation.

Population Dynamics.

Restoration Ecology.

Environmental Biotechnology.

Local Subjects:

Population Dynamics.

Restoration Ecology.

Environmental Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (889 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

The edited book serves as a reference on indicators of environmental pollution and how to sustainably ascertain the effects of different pollutants on life forms. It addresses an improved technology for monitoring contaminants, especially in the Global South and beyond, where the level of technology available for sustainable management of environmental quality is limited. Biomonitoring ecosystems' health by using organisms to gather quantitative data on environmental quality is one of the most straightforward and affordable ways to check environmental quality. Since organisms may function as environmental sensors, their use in the direct measurement of environmental quality in the process of biomonitoring studies implicates the health status of various ecosystems. In this regard, microorganisms, higher and lower plants, invertebrates, and vertebrate animals are beneficial since they can detect pollution levels and pollutants in the environment. This book is of interest and useful to toxicologists, water, soil, and air quality experts, practitioners, trainees, and trainers, biological sciences scientists, academicians, researchers, students (especially undergraduates and postgraduates), libraries, and other public knowledge repositories interested in novel and advanced practices in sustainable biomonitoring of environmental pollutants.

Contents:

1. Overview and Perspectives of Biomonitoring in the Global South

2. Emerging pollutant from Urbanization and Industrialization in the Global South

3. Pollutants form Agricultural activities in the Global South

4. Population Growth and Environmental Pollution in the Global south

5. Natural Hazards as a source of Environmental Pollution in the Global South

6. Biomonitoring for Sustainable Development

7. Biomonitoring Tools, Techniques and Approaches For Environmental Assessments

8. Planktons as a sustainable biomonitoring tool of aquatic ecosystem

9. Seed plants as a sustainable biomonitoring tool for environmental pollutants

10. Epiphytes as a sustainable biomonitoring tool for environmental pollutants

11. Macrophytes as a sustainable biomonitoring tool sustainable of aquatic pollution

12. Fish as a Sustainable Biomonitoring Tool in Aquatic Environments

13. Suitability of Mammals Indigenous to the Global South As Bioindicator Species For Assessing Environmental Health

14. Reptiles As Environmental Sentinels: Exploring their Significance

15. Arthropods as a Sustainable Biomonitoring Tool for Environmental Pollution

16. Biomarkers for the detection of pollutants from the water environment

17. Molecular techniques and technologies in biomonitoring for environmental sustainability

18. Microorganisms in the Monitoring of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems: Applications, Challenges And Future Prospects

19. Sustainable Application of Genetic Ecotoxicological Techniques in Biomonitoring for Environmental Sustainability

20. Metabolic changes and Immunity suppression parameters as biomarkers of environmental

pollutants

21. Application of micronucleus test in African toad as biomarker of genotoxic and cytotoxic assessment of contaminants in the African environment

22. Sustainable Application of Artificial Intelligence in Biomonitoring for Environmental Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects

23. Environmental Stewardship:Safeguarding Biodiversity in Protected Landscapes and Recreational Parks using Biosecurity

24. Bioindicators in Recreational Planning Development: Balancing Nature and Human Activities.

Notes:

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ISBN:

981-9716-58-6

OCLC:

1438665690