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Summary
Summary
Hardbound. This new volume from the SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Special Publications Series examines the phenomenon of persistent pollutants in the seas and oceans. Unlike the highly visible and obvious effects caused by oil, certain chemicals have unseen but long-term and far-reaching effects on the marine ecosystem. They often have long half-lives, are carried great distances and pass easily through the food chain from prey to predator. The behaviour and effects of these persistent pollutants on each type of marine animal (invertebrates, vertebrates, fish, mammals and fish-eating birds) are described. A final overview draws the observations and conclusions together presenting a work that provides a foundation for understanding the behaviour of persistent pollutants in the marine environment.
Table of Contents
| Foreword |
| Preface |
| Invertebrates of Lower Trophic Levels |
| Persistent pollutants in marine invertebratesD R Livingstone |
| Occurrence and fate of persistent pollutants in marine invertebrates - studies with polychaetes and the common mussel,Mytilus edulisW Ernst |
| Invertebrates of Higher Trophic Levels |
| The distribution of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in juvenile blue crabs,Callinectes sapidusand the physiological effects of consumption of food from a polluted environment on this speciesA Cristini & K Cooper |
| The relationship between PCBs in biota and in water and sediment from New Bedford harbor - a modelling evaluationJ P Connolly |
| Fish |
| Chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons in bottom sedimentsfish and marine mammals in US coastal waters - laboratory and field studies of metabolism and accumulation and U Varanasiet al |
| Marine Mammals |
| The toxicokinetics of PCBs in marine mammals with special reference to possible interactions of individual congeners with the cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase systemJ P Boonet al |
| Chemical modernization and vulnerability of cetaceans - increasing toxic threat of organochlorine contaminantsS Tanabe & R Tatsukawa |
| Fish-Eating Birds |
| Patterns and trends of organochlorine contamination in Canadian sea birds eggsJ Elliottet al |
| Problems of bioaccumulation in fish-eating birds from the MediterraneanA Renzoni |
| The ecotoxicology of persistent pollutants in marine fish-eating birdsC H Walker |
| Overview |
| Pollutants in marine ecosystems - an overviewD R Livingstoneet al |
