Evolution in a Toxic World : How Life Responds to Chemical Threats - Monosson, Emily; SpringerLink (Online service) (Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012)
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. An Introduction -- Part 1: Element. 2. Shining a Light on Earth's Oldest Toxic Threat? -- 3. When Life Gives You Oxygen, Respire -- 4. Metal Planet -- Part 2: Plant and Animal. 5. It Takes Two (or More) for the Cancer Tango -- 6. Chemical Warfare -- 7. Sensing Chemicals -- 8. Coordinated Defense -- Part 3: Human. 9. Toxic Evolution -- 10. Toxic Overload? -- Appendix: Five Recent Additions to the Chemical Handbook of Life Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Keywords: Environmental chemistry; Chemistry; Ecotoxicology; Radiation protection; Radiation-Safety measures; Wildlife; Fish; Ecosystems; Environmental Chemistry; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Ecotoxicology; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Ecosystems