Toxicology of marine mammals
- 其他作者: Vos, Joseph G.
- 出版: London ;New York : Taylor & Francis 2003.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xi, 643 pages) :illustrations, maps.
- 叢書名: New perspectives
- 標題: SCIENCE Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology. , Mammifères marins , SCIENCE , Marine mammals , Life SciencesAnatomy & Physiology. , Effets de la pollution de l'eau sur les. , Mammifères marins Effets de la pollution de l'eau sur les. , Mammiferes marins , Mammiferes marins Effets de la pollution de l'eau sur les. , Electronic books. , Effets de la pollution de l'eau sur. , Marine mammals Effect of water pollution on. , Mammifères marins Effets de la pollution de l'eau sur. , Effect of water pollution on.
- ISBN: 1134554362 , 9781134554362
- ISBN: 0415239141 , 9780415239141
- 試查全文@TNUA:
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Toxicology of sirenians / Thomas J. O'Shea -- Cetaceans and contaminants / Theo Colborn and Michael J. Smolen -- Pathology of cetaceans. A case study : beluga from the St. Lawrence estuary / Daniel Martineau [and others] -- Immune status of St. Lawrence estuary beluga whales / Pauline Brousseau [and others] -- Evaluation of genotoxic effects of environmental contaminants in cells of marine mammals, with particular emphasis on beluga whales / J.M. Gauthier, H. Dubeau and E. Rassart -- Mechanisms of aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity : implications for cetacean morbidity and mortality / Michael J. Carvan III and David L. Busbee -- Ecotoxicological investigations of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) strandings : accumulation of persistent organic chemicals and metals / John E. Stein [and others] -- Global temporal trends of organochlorines and heavy metals in pinnipeds / Peter J.H. Reijnders and Mark P. Simmonds -- Pathology in Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in relation to environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors / A. Bergman, A. Bignert and M. Olsson -- The immune system, environmental contaminants and virus-associated mass mortalities among pinnipeds / Peter S. Ross, Joseph G. Vos and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus -- The effects of chemical contaminants on immune functions in harbour seals : results of a semi-field study / Joseph G. Vos [and others] -- Immunotoxicology of free-ranging pinnipeds : approaches to study design / Peter S. Ross, Kimberlee B. Beckmen and Stephane Pillet -- Conclusions and perspectives for the future / Thomas J. O'Shea [and others].
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The activities of modern society have unleashed a range of toxic chemicals into the global environment. Many of these toxicants are now being detected in increasing quantities in the tissues of marine mammals, most notably in top predators who acquire relatively large amounts of toxic chemicals by ingesting contaminated prey. Toxicology of Marine Mammals focuses on the effects of natural and introduced toxicants on organs and systems in marine mammals. It provides overviews on health status and contamination, with subsequent chapters devoted to whales, pinnipeds, dolphins, polar bears, manatees, and sea otters. Internationally renowned researchers assess the mounting evidence for adverse effects on reproduction and the chemically-induced increased susceptibility to death from infectious diseases. The concluding chapter addresses perspectives and issues for the future. This compelling book features research from a vast geographic landscape ranging from the tropics to the Arctic, with case studies on intriguing areas of contamination such as the St. Lawrence River and the Baltic Sea. It identifies the severe threats that environmental contaminants pose to the health and future of marine mammals. It also makes an urgent call for legislation to regulate the incessant pollution ravaging our seas and devastating the marine mammal population worldwide. Toxicologists working in marine biology and veterinary medicine, conservation scientists, fisheries scientists, environmental scientists, and wildlife managers will all benefit from this comprehensive resource.
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