Multiple Stresses in Ecosystems

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ISBN: 9781566703093 | 1566703093
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/29/1998

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This volume pulls together information from appropriate experts and the resulting literature of an international conference sponsored by the University of California Toxic Substances Program, to assess where we are today in these relevant fields and which tools will be helpful in designing tomorrow's studies.

PART ONE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE STRESSES ON ECOSYSTEMS

(50)

Chapter 1 Evaluation and Impact of Multiple-Stressors on Ecosystems: Three Classic Case Histories

(6)

Daniel W. Anderson

Chapter 2 Extrapolation and Scaling in Ecotoxicology

(4)

Simon A. Levin

Chapter 3 A Framework for Evaluating Organism Responses to Multiple Stressors: Mechanisms of Effect and Importance of Modifying Ecological Factors

(10)

S. Marshall Adams

K.D. Ham

R.F. LeHew

Chapter 4 Forest Ecosystems and Air Pollution: The Importance of Multiple Stress Interactions on a Regional and Global Scale

(18)

George E. Taylor, Jr.

Chapter 5 Multiple Environmental Stresses on the Fragile Lake Tahoe Ecosystem

(12)

Charles R. Goldman

PART TWO ESTABLISHING THE HEALTH OF ECOSYSTEMS

(80)

Chapter 6 Ecosystem Health: Some Perspectives

(6)

Barry W. Wilson

Chapter 7 Physiology and Ecological Health

(32)

Alan G. Heath

Chapter 8 Biomarkers: Are There Linkages to Ecological Effects?

(10)

Pierre Mineau

Chapter 9 Establishing the Health of Ecosystems

101

(8)

Anne Fairbrother

Chapter 10 Establishing the Health of Ecosystems: The Role of Risk Assessment

109

(14)

Thomas E. McKone

Chapter 11 Stressors in the Marine Environment

123

(4)

Edward D. Goldberg

Chapter 12 An Attempt to Explain Ecological Health with a Metaphor

127

(6)

Bill L. Lasley

PART THREE FUTURE METHODS IN ECOTOXICOLOGY

133

(56)

Chapter 13 Future Directions for Ecotoxicological Methods

133

(2)

James N. Seiber

Chapter 14 Development and Application of Immunoassays for Biological and Environmental Monitoring

135

(20)

Adam S. Harris

Ingrid Wengatz

Monika Wortberg

Sabine B. Kreissig

Shirley J. Gee

Bruce D. Hammock

Chapter 15 Using Surface Probe Localized (31)P NMR Spectroscopy to Understand Sublethal Environmental Actions

155

(26)

Ronald S. Tjeerdema

Chapter 16 The Use of Developing Organisms for Assessing Contamination in the Marine Environment

181

(8)

Gary N. Cherr

Epilogue: Multiple Stresses in Ecosystems

189

(4)

Donald G. Crosby

Index

193

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