Wildlife Ecotoxicology Forensic Approaches /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Elliott, John E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bishop, Christine A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Morrissey, Christy A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Σειρά: Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology, Principles, Approaches and Perspectives, 3
• Θέματα: Environment.; Animal ecology.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Animal Ecology.; Environmental Management.

Many books have now been published in the broad field of environmental toxicology. However, to date, none of have presented the often fascinating stories of the wildlife science, and the steps along the way from discovery of problems caused by environmental pollutants to the regulatory and nonregula...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Ethics in science and regulation of environmental chemicals
• Update: DDT, bird populations, chemical regulation, California coast
• Dieldrin, poisoning and population decline of British birds of prey
• The Rocky Mountain Arsenal: Contamination and enduring impacts on wildlife
• North American Great Lakes: Contaminant impacts on birds, regulations
• Dioxins, pulp and paper, fish-eating birds on the Pacific coast of Canada
• Getting the lead out: Dead ducks, eagles and the hunting community
• Mercury and impacts on bird populations
• Insecticides, scavenging birds and regulations in the Fraser River Delta
• Death on the Pampas: Grasshoppers, methamidofos and hawks
• Atrazine and amphibians
• Arsenic and old trees: pine beetles, wood peckers in British Columbia
• Diclofenac: Sacred cows and vulture culture
• Glyphosate and frog societies: Can they coexist?- Biotoxins, invasive species, birds and degraded ecosystems.