Homeostasis and toxicology of non-essential metals /

• Other Authors: Wood, Chris M., Farrell, Anthony Peter, 1952-, Brauner, Colin J.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2012.
• Edition: First edition.
• Series: Fish physiology ; v. 31B.
• Subjects: Fishes > Effect of metals on.; Fishes > Physiology.; Homeostasis.; Metals > Physiological effect.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology.; Metals, Heavy.; Electronic books.

Homeostasis and Toxicology of Non-Essential Metals synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years. These elements are no longer viewed by fish physiologists as "heavy metals" that kill fish by suffocat...

Table of Contents:

• Silver / Chris M. Wood
• Aluminum / Rod W. Wilson
• Cadmium / James C. McGeer, Som Niyogi, D. Scott Smith
• Lead / Edward M. Mager
• Mercury / Karen Kidd, Katharina Batchelar
• Arsenic / Dennis O. McIntyre, Tyler K. Linton
• Strontium / M. Jasim Chowdhury, Ronny Blust
• Uranium / Richard R. Goulet, Claude Fortin, Douglas J. Spry
• Modeling the physiology and toxicology of metals / Paul Paquin, Aaron Redman, Adam Ryan, Robert Santore.