Wildlife Ecotoxicology : Forensic Approaches /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Elliott, John E. (Editor ), Bishop, Christine A. (Editor ), Morrissey, Christy. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology, Principles, Approaches and Perspectives,
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Ethics in science and regulation of environmental chemicals
  • Update: DDT, bird populations, chemical regulation, California coast
  • Dieldrin, poisoning and population decline of British birds of prey
  • The Rocky Mountain Arsenal: Contamination and enduring impacts on wildlife
  • North American Great Lakes: Contaminant impacts on birds, regulations
  • Dioxins, pulp and paper, fish-eating birds on the Pacific coast of Canada
  • Getting the lead out: Dead ducks, eagles and the hunting community
  • Mercury and impacts on bird populations
  • Insecticides, scavenging birds and regulations in the Fraser River Delta
  • Death on the Pampas: Grasshoppers, methamidofos and hawks
  • Atrazine and amphibians
  • Arsenic and old trees: pine beetles, wood peckers in British Columbia
  • Diclofenac: Sacred cows and vulture culture
  • Glyphosate and frog societies: Can they coexist?- Biotoxins, invasive species, birds and degraded ecosystems.