Bioaccumulation New Aspects and Developments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beek, B. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Reactions and Processes, 2 / 2J
• Subjects: Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Environmental pollution.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.

The bioaccumulation of endocrine disruptors, persistent organic chemicals and other compounds of high environmental impact has become of increasing interest in most recent environmental research, risk analysis and toxicology. This volume gives an up-to-date overview and introduces the reader to the...

Table of Contents:

• H.J. Geyer, G.G. Rimkus, I. Scheunert, A. Kaune, A. Kettrup, M. Zeeman, D.C.G. Muir, L.G. Hansen and D. Mackay: Bioaccumulation and Occurence of Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and Other Organic Compounds in Fish and Other Organisms Including Humans
• D.T.H.M. Sijm and J.L.M. Hermens: Internal Effect Concentration: Link Between Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicity for Organic Chemicals
• J. Paasivirta: Long-term Effects of Bioaccumulation in Ecosystems
• B. Beek, S. Böhling, U. Bruckmann, Ch. Franke, U. Jöhncke and G. Studinger: The Assessment of Bioaccumulation.