Pollution of Water Bodies in Latin America Impact of Contaminants on Species of Ecological Interest /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gómez-Oliván, Leobardo Manuel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Aquatic ecology .; Ecotoxicology.; Animal ecology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Ecology.

The indiscriminate use of chemical substances in industrial processes and anthropogenic activities, have resulted in the release of these compounds into aquatic ecosystems through municipal, hospital and industrial discharges, producing various undesired effects on the environment and on species of...

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• Preface
• Historical findings on presence of pollutans in water bodies in Latin America and their ecotoxicological impact
• Toxicity produced by an industrial effluent from Mexico on the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
• Pesticide contamination in Southern Brazil
• Embryotoxicity and teratogenicity induced by naproxen in Xenopus laevis, species of ecological interest in Mexico
• Differential responses of biochemical and behavioral parameters in the native gastropod Chilina gibbosa exposed subchronically to environmental concentrations of two insecticides used in argentina
• Oxidative stress induced by water from a hospital effluent of the city of Toluca, Mexico on Hyalella azteca
• Evaluation of the toxicity of municipal effluents from a locality in the State of Mexico using Hyalella azteca as a bioindicator
• Analysis of heavy metals present on air through the toxicity analysis in water by the gas washer method, using the organism Daphnia magna
• Ecotoxicological Studies of Metal Pollution in Sea Turtles of Latin America
• Evaluation of the toxicity of an industrial effluent before and after a treatment with Sn-modified TiO2 under UV irradiation through oxidative stress biomarkers
• Effects of river pollution on its biota: results from twenty years studies in the Suquía River Basin (Córdoba, Argentina)
• Effects found and induced by the presence of metals in species of the economic and ecological importance of Mexican aquatic environments
• Environmental Pollution by Hydrocarbons in Colombia and its Impact on the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems
• Biomonitoring of diffuse contamination in the Subtropical Region of Brazil: Multibiomarker Assessment in neotropical freshwater fishes
• Genotoxicity biomarkers in fish erythrocytes and water quality parameters
• Health diagnosis of the fish Scomberomorus cavalla from Tecolutla, Ver. México
• Histopathological assessment of organisms in ecotoxicological studies from Mexico
• Histopathological analysis of the intestine from Mugil cephalus on environment reference sites
• Impacts caused by manganese in the aquatic environments of Brazil
• Genotoxic effect of amoxicillin on peripheral blood of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
• Final conclusions
• Index.