Ecotoxicology of Soil Organisms

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CRC Press, 9 dic 1993 - 496 pagine
This book provides a comprehensive examination of all aspects of the ecotoxicology of soil organisms. The book explains how contaminants reach the soil, traces their transport through the soil, and then moves on to examine the effects of contaminants on different groups of soil organisms (e.g., microorganisms, micro- and mesofauna, larger soil animals including vertebrates). The book also considers food chain transfer and discusses risk assessment procedures that are specific to soil conditions. Ecotoxicology of Soil Organisms is the only book to take such a sweeping approach toward soil ecotoxicology.

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Sommario

H Eijsackers
4
SECTION II
9
Occurrence and Fate of Contaminants in Soil
33
The Consequences of Bound Pesticide Residues
71
Formation and Binding of Chlorinated Anilines
77
SECTION III
89
Usefulness of Testing With Eisenia foetida
90
A Method For the Ecotoxicological Risk
105
A Prolonged Laboratory Test on Sublethal
257
The Development of Soil Toxicity Test Systems
263
Arthropods
273
An Index of the Intrinsic Susceptibility
287
Effects of Different Input of Pesticides
303
Effects of Walking Activity and Physical Factors
323
Baitlamina as a Tool For Testing Feeding
339
Mollusks
347

Biosensors For Pollution Monitoring
113
Effects on Plants
128
Effects of Heavy Metals Organic Substances
139
Phytotoxic Organic Compounds in Spruce Forest
163
The Yorkshire Water Standard Plant Growth
179
The Use of Barley Root Elongation in
191
Accumulation of Putrescine in Chromium
199
Effects on Invertebrates
205
Annelids
229
Speciesspecific Sensitivity Differences
241
Methodological Principles of Using Small
357
Heavy Metal Tissue Levels Impact on Breeding
373
A Method to Assess Biorisks in Terrestrial
383
SECTION V
395
Tool or Toy?
411
A Case Study on Bioindication and Its Use
427
On the Effects of Pesticides at the Ecosystem
445
Index
457
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Informazioni sull'autore (1993)

Eijsackers, Herman; Heimbach, Fred; Donker, Marianne H.

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