Title Fish physiology. Volume 33, Organic chemical toxicology of fishes / edited by Keith B. Tierney, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Anthony P. Farrell, Department of Zoology, and Faculty of Land and Food Systems, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Colin J. Brauner, Department of Zoology, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Published London : Academic Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 545 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series Fish physiology ; volume 33 Fish physiology ; v. 33. Contents 1. Organic contaminants and fish / Keith B. Tierney [and four others] -- 2. Effects of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in fish -- current and future challenges / Lyndal L. Johnson [and eight others] -- 3. Organometal(loid)s / Niladri Basu and David M. Janz -- 4. Effects on fish of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and naphthenic acid exposures / Tracy K. Collier [and seven others] -- 5. Estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals in fish / Christopher J. Kennedy, Heather L. Osachoff and Lesley K. Shelley -- 6. Insecticide toxicity in fish / M.H. Fulton, P.B. Key and M.E. DeLorenzo -- 7. Effects of herbicides on fish / Keith R. Solomon [and three others] -- 8. Personal care products in the aquatic environment : a case study on the effects of triclosan in fish / Alice Hontela and Hamid R. Habibi -- 9. Emerging threats to fishes : engineered organic nanomaterials / Tyson J. MacCormack, Greg G. Goss and Richard D. Handy -- 10. Handling fish mixture exposures in risk assessment / Dick de Zwart and Leo Posthuma Summary This book discusses the different types of organic chemical contaminants and their respective toxic effects in fish. It also covers the detection of dissolved organic compounds and methods to assess organic toxicity. Substances addressed in this book include organometallics, hydrocarbons, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), insecticides, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals Notes "ISSN: 1546-5098." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Fishes -- Effect of water pollution on. Organic water pollutants. Fishes -- Physiology. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology. Fishes -- Effect of water pollution on Fishes -- Physiology Organic water pollutants Form Electronic book Author Tierney, Keith B., editor. Farrell, Anthony Peter, 1952- editor. Brauner, Colin J., editor ISBN 9780123982551 0123982553

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