Download or read book Aquatic Toxicology written by Jerome O. Nriagu and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1983-10-26 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art work surveying the toxicology of important aquatic pollutants, this book provides a critical overview of the current research. It assesses the response at community, species, tissue, cellular, and subcellular levels to particular toxicants and covers the mechanisms of uptake, metabolism, and excretion of many toxic pollutants. Special attention is given to changes induced by toxicants in the biochemical and physiological systems of organisms. The book also covers recent developments in the methodology used in detecting pterturbations in life processes of aquatic biota induced by environmental toxins.