Microscale testing in aquatic toxicology : advances, techniques, and practice /

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Imprint:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©1998.
Description:	1 online resource (679 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Water quality bioassay. Water quality bioassay. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12831057

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Other authors / contributors:	Wells, P. G. Lee, Kenneth, 1953- Blaise, Christian. Gauthier, Johanne, 1961-
ISBN:	9780203747193 0203747194 0849326265 9780849326264 9781351431446 1351431447 9781351431453 1351431455
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This special volume is the result of several years of collaboration between Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Provides an overview of small-scale bioassay techniques and applications in use around the world; covers methods with a wide range of species, from bacteria to fish and amphibians, and emphasizes current, state-of-the-art, biochemical, whole-organism and automated techniques; presents the combined knowledge of internationally recognized research scientists at many institutions in universities, government, and industry; and 44 chapters cover relevant principles, new techniques and recent advancements, and applications in scientific research, environmental management, academia, and the private sector.
Other form:	Print version: Microscale testing in aquatic toxicology. Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©1998 0849326265

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1. Microscale Testing in Aquatic Toxicology: Introduction, Historical Perspective, and Context / Christian Blaise, Peter G. Wells and Kenneth Lee
Ch. 2. Immunoassays: Applications for the Aquatic Environment / Andrea Dankwardt, Sabine Pullen and Bertold Hock
Ch. 3. Environmental Applications with Submitochondrial Particles / Harry W. Read, John M. Harkin and Karl E. Gustavson
Ch. 4. Bioassays to Measure MFO Inducers in Effluents / Peter V. Hodson, Jim Sherry and Joanne Parrott
Ch. 5. Enzyme Inhibition for Examination of Toxic Effects in Aquatic Systems / U. Obst, A. Wessler and M. Wiegand-Rosinus
Ch. 6. Sponge Cells and Tissue as Biological Monitors of Aquatic Pollution / Werner E.G. Muller and Isabel M. Muller.

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