@article{906523,
      recid = {906523},
      author = {Beyer, W. Nelson. and Meador, James Parnell,},
      title = {Environmental contaminants in biota interpreting tissue  concentrations / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {CRC Press,},
      address = {Boca Raton, Fla. :},
      pages = {xv, 732 p. :},
      year = {2011},
      note = {Rev. ed. of: Environmental contaminants in wildlife /  edited by W. Nelson Beyer, Gary H. Heinz, Amy W.  Redmon-Norwood.},
      abstract = {"Examining tissue residues of contaminants in biota  reveals the movement of contaminants within organisms and  through food chains as well as the context for  understanding and quantifying injuries to organisms and  their communities. Yet tissue concentrations of some  contaminants are especially challenging to interpret and  the ability of today's analytical chemists to provide  reliable analytical data of most important environmental  contaminants often surpasses the ability of  ecotoxicologists to interpret those data.Offering guidance  on the ecotoxicologically meaningful interpretation of  tissue concentrations, Environmental Contaminants in Biota,  Interpreting Tissue Concentrations, Second Edition is  updated with current data and new ways of analyzing those  data as well as additional contaminants not previously  considered. Beginning with a history of wildlife toxicology  and data interpretation, chapters cover a wide range of  contaminants and their hazardous and lethal concentrations  in various animals including DDT, Dioxins, PCBs, and PBDEs  in aquatic organisms; methylmurcury, selenium, and trace  metals in fishes and aquatic invertebrates; and  pharmaceuticals and organic contaminants in marine mammals.  The book considers the impact of Polychlorinated Biphenyls,  Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans, and Polybrominated  Diphenyl Ethers; cyclodiene; and other organochlorine  pesticides in birds and mammals. Later chapters examine the  effects and analysis of lead, cadmium, and radionuclides in  biota. With thousands of published research papers  reporting tissue concentrations each year, Environmental  Contaminants in Biota, Interpreting Tissue Concentrations,  Second Edition gives ecotoxicologists the ability to draw  actionable value regarding the toxicological consequences  of those concentrations and relate tissue concentrations  quantitatively to injury: the core of ecotoxicology"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/906523},
}