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Author:   Michael C. Newman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Edition:   5th edition
Weight:   1.700kg
ISBN:  

9780815354024

ISBN 10:   0815354029
Pages:   682
Publication Date:   30 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Author Guest Authors Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Major Classes of Contaminants Chapter 3. Uptake, Biotransformation, Detoxification, Elimination, and Accumulation Chapter 4. Factors Influencing Bioaccumulation Chapter 5. Bioaccumulation from Food and Trophic Transfer Chapter 6. Molecular Effects and Biomarkers Chapter 7. Cells, Tissues, and Organs Chapter 8. Sublethal Effects to Individuals Chapter 9. Acute and Chronic Lethal Effects to Individuals Chapter 10. Effects on Populations Chapter 11. Effects to Communities and Ecosystems Chapter 12. Landscape to Global Effects Chapter 13. Risk and Damage Assessment of Contaminants Chapter 14. Conclusions Appendix 1. International System (SI) of Units Prefixes Appendix 2. Miscellaneous Conversion Factors Appendix 3. Summary of U.S. Laws and Regulations Appendix 4. Summary of European Union Laws and Regulations Appendix 5. Summary of Modern Environmental Laws and Regulations of China Appendix 6. Regulation and Management of Chemicals in Australia: A 2019 Update Appendix 7. Summary of Indian Environmental Laws and Regulations Appendix 8. Summary of Brazilian Environmental Law and Regulations Appendix 9. Derivation of Units for Simple Bioaccumulation Models Appendix 10. Equations for the Estimation of Exposure Appendix 11. Imposex status and tissue TBT and TPT concentration of the rock shell Reishia clavigera Study Questions Glossary References Index

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Mike Newman is currently the A. Marshall Acuff, Jr. Professor of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary School of Marine Science where he also served as Dean of Graduate Studies from 1999 to 2002. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. His research interests include quantitative ecotoxicology, environmental statistics, risk assessment, population effects of contaminants, metal chemistry, bioaccumulation and biomagnification modeling, and during the last 15 years, qualities of innovative concepts and technologies that foster or inhibit their adoption by the ecotoxicology scientific community. In addition to more than 150 articles, he authored six books and edited another five on these topics. He served numerous international, national, and regional organizations including the OECD, US EPA Science Advisory Board, US EPA ECOFRAM, US EPA STAA, and the US National Academy of Science NRC. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar and a Government of Kerala Scholar in Residence/Erudite Scholar. In 2004, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) awarded him its Founder’s Award, “the highest SETAC award, given to a person with an outstanding career who has made a clearly identifiable contribution in the environmental sciences.” In 2014, he was named a SETAC Fellow for “long-term and significant scientific and science policy contributions.”

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