Metal Metabolism In Aquatic Environments

Author : William J. Langston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475727615
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments written by William J. Langston and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments is a synthesis of recent developments in the field of metal ecotoxicology and features a number of contemporary issues arising from the interaction of metals and biota, such as pathways of assimilation and food chain transfer, metal accumulation and detoxification in humans and biotransformation of elements such as mercury and arsenic.

Author : U. Förstner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642693857
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment written by U. Förstner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aquatic chemistry is becoming both a rewarding and substantial area of inquiry and is drawing many prominent scientists to its fold. Its literature has changed from a compilation of compositional tables to studies of the chemical reactions occurring within the aquatic environments. But more than this is the recognition that human society in part is determining the nature of aquatic systems. Since rivers deliver to the world ocean most of its dissolved and particulate components, the interactions of these two sets of waters determine the vitality of our coastal waters. This significant vol ume provides not only an introduction to the dynamics of aquatic chem istries but also identifies those materials that jeopardize the resources of both the marine and fluvial domains. Its very title provides its emphasis but clearly not its breadth in considering natural processes. The book will be of great value to those environmental scientists who are dedicated to keeping the resources of the hydrosphere renewable. As the size of the world population becomes larger in the near future and as the uses of materials and energy show parallel increases, the rivers and oceans must be considered as a resource to accept some of the wastes of society. The ability of these waters and the sediments below them to accommodate wastes must be assessed continually. The key questions relate to the capacities of aqueous systems to carry one or more pollutants.

Author : Ronald Eisler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Third Annotated Bibliography on Biological Effects of Metals in Aquatic Environments (no. 1293-2246) written by Ronald Eisler and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : André Tessier
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Metal Speciation and Bioavailability in Aquatic Systems written by André Tessier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication deals with fundamental concepts and models, speciation measurements and field applications in metal speciation and bioavailability in aquatic environments. This volume provides a thorough review of current developments concerning the interactions between trace metals and aquatic organisms.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annotated Bibliography on Biological Effects of Metals in Aquatic Environments written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. Mance
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400934211
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pollution Threat of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environments written by G. Mance and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the European Community in developing environmental legislation has focused the minds of pollution control agencies and industrialists on the need for, and the evidence to support, water quality standards. This is particularly so for the Dangerous Substances Directive which has led to European standards for cadmium, mercury and lindane. Additionally the United Kingdom has published standards for six other non-ferrous metals. In this book I have sought to review the aquatic toxicity information for these and other metals, not just by the collation of the results of all the published toxicity tests, but by the critical consideration of the test techniques. A surprising proportion of the reported toxicity studies for aquatic organisms are based on unsatisfactory chemical or biological methods. That such weaknesses persist at a time of limited resources for environmental research is disappointing, especially when sound metho dologies are extensively documented and widely published. Evaluation of the critically reviewed and vetted data indicates that many of the previously accepted generalisations about the toxicity of metals to aquatic life are invalid: for instance the assumption that salmonid species of fish are more susceptible to these metals than coarse fish, or that increased water hardness decreases toxicity. Too few studies have actually sought to test such hypotheses.

Author : Ronald Eisler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annotated Bibliography on Biological Effects of Metals in Aquatic Environments (no. 1-567) written by Ronald Eisler and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald Eisler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
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Download or read book Fourth Annotated Bibliography on Biological Effects of Metals in Aquatic Environments (no. 2247-3132) written by Ronald Eisler and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P. A. Krenkel
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483144437
Total Pages : 363 pages
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Download or read book Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment written by P. A. Krenkel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Nashville, Tennessee in December 1973. This conference is co-sponsored by the International Association on Water Pollution Research, the Sport Fishing Institute, the American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers Association, and Vanderbilt University's Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Contributors focus on the hazards posed by heavy metals present in the aquatic environment and how to control them. This text consists of 45 chapters divided into eight sections. This book assesses the environmental impact of heavy metals found in the aquatic environment; the economic impact of removing them from waste effluents; and the costs vs. benefits attained by their removal. The social costs are also evaluated. After an introduction to dose-response relationships resulting from human exposure to methylmercury compounds, the discussion turns to the toxicity of cadmium in relation to itai-itai disease; the effects of heavy metals on fish and aquatic organisms; and the analytical methods used for measuring concentrations of methylmercury and other heavy metals. The next sections explore the transport, distribution, and removal of heavy metals, along with regulations, standards, surveillance, and monitoring aimed at addressing the problem. This book will be of interest to planners and policymakers involved in water pollution control.

Author : Dr. SRINIVAS RAO BHUPALWAR & Dr. AMJADKHAN V. PATHAN
Publisher : Ashok Yakkaldevi
ISBN 13 : 1716463335
Total Pages : 57 pages
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Download or read book Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Indoplnorbis exustus From Godavari River written by Dr. SRINIVAS RAO BHUPALWAR & Dr. AMJADKHAN V. PATHAN and published by Ashok Yakkaldevi. This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the heavy metal are constituents of the aquatic environment some of them are biologically essential. But some metals like Hg, Cd, Zn etc. are highly hazardous to aquatic biota and normally occur in low concentration. A few investigators studied the toxic effects of mercury and other heavy metals to aquatic animals, particularly fishes to assess the pollution hazards due to metals. Amongst pollutants, non-essential metals are major cause of concern for aquatic environment because of their toxicity, persistency, tendency to accumulate in organism and in undergoing food chain amplification (Kneip and Louer, 1973 and Vinikour et al., 1980). Heavy metals such as Hg, Cu, Cd, Zn, Ni etc. generally exist within the earth crust in trace concentrations. In traces these metals are necessary for normal metabolism of the living organisms as these facilitate physiological functioning and also form part of structural components. However, anthropogenic activities such as industrial processing and use of metals, alloys and metallic compounds result in environmental contamination (Dar, 2002). Discharge of such metal containing effluents into the aquatic environment and drainage of residues of mining, there is manifold increase in the contents of these metals in the aquatic media (Kelkar, 2001) such as ponds, lakes, rivers and dams of India. According to a survey report of ATSDR (2001) almost 70% of the Indian available water has been reported to be extensively contaminated by heavy metals and other categories of chemicals. Heavy metal pollution in freshwater bodies assumes considerable significance because these are stable compounds and hence, not readily disposed off by the processes of oxidation, precipitation etc and adversely affect the activity of the animals. Heavy metals have a unique property of accumulation in organisms from very low concentration in water from lakes, rivers and dams (Kulkarni, 2000).