Handbook of Ecotoxicology

Peter P. Calow is the editor of Handbook of Ecotoxicology, published by Wiley.

Part I: General Principles And Overview. 1. Freshwater Systems.

Microbial Systems.

Freshwater Primary Producers.

Freshwater Invertebrate Toxicity Tests.

Freshwater Fish.

Freshwater Sediments.

Freshwater Multispecies Test Systems.

2. Marine And Estuarine Systems.

Primary Producers.

Marine And Estuarine Invertebrate Toxicity Tests.

Methods For Spawning, Culturing And Conducting Toxicity Tests With Early Life Stages Of Estuarine.

And Marine Fishes.

The Appropriate Uses Of Marine And Estuarine Sediment Bioassays.

Marine And Estuarine Multispecies Test Systems.

3. Terrestrial Systems.

Soil Invertebrates.

Terrestrial Primary Producers.

Insects, Spiders And Mites.

Birds.

Terrestrial Mammals.

4. General.

Biodegradation.

Bioaccumulation.

In Situ Biological Monitoring Of Pollution In Terrestrial And Aquatic Ecosystems.

Bioprobes And Biosensors.

The Design And Analysis Of Concentration-Response Experiments.

Part II: Introduction.

5. Chemical Categories.

Gaseous Compounds.

Metal Analysis.

Heavy Metals.

Organometallic Compounds In The Aquatic Environment.

Detergents.

Pesticides.

Pcbs, Pcddds And Pcdfs.

Oils And Hydrocarbons.

Organic Pollution.

6. General.

Complex Mixtures.

The Octanol Water Partition Coefficient.

Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships.

Fate Models.

Glossary.