Mammals and birds as bioindicators of trace element contaminations in terrestrial environments :
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[Book]
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an ecotoxicological assessment of the northern hemisphere /
First Statement of Responsibility
Elżbieta Kalisińska, editor.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Cham, Switzerland :
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Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xii, 708 pages) :
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illustrations
CONTENTS NOTE
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Part I. Introduction. 1. Human population increase and changes in production and usage of trace elements in the twentieth century and first decades of the twenty-first century / Elżbieta Kalisińska ; 2. Endothermic animals as biomonitors of terrestrial environments / Elżbieta Kalisińska -- Part II. Selected trace elements. 3. Chromium, Cr / Tadeusz Kośla, Iwona Lasocka, and Marta Kołnierzak ; 4. Copper, Cu / Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk and Danuta I. Kosik-Bogacka ; 5. Iodine, I / Bogumiła Pilarczyk [and others] ; 6. Iron, Fe / Danuta Kosik-Bogacka [and others] ; 7. Manganese, Mn / Elżbieta Kalisińska and Halina Budis ; 8. Molybdenum, Mo / Tadeusz Kośla [and others] ; 9. Nickel, Ni / Łukasz J. Binkowski ; 10. Selenium, Se / Bogumiła Pilarczyk [and others] ; 11. Zinc, Zn / Danuta I. Kosik-Bogacka and Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk ; 12. Aluminum, Al / Ewa Skibniewska and Michał Skibniewski ; 13. Arsenic, As / Łukasz J. Binkowski ; 14. Cadmium, Cd / Agnieszka Tomza-Marciniak [and others] ; 15. Fluorine, F / Izabela Gutowska, Monika Rać, and Dariusz Chlubek ; 16. Lead, Pb / Irena Baranowska-Bosiacka, Jan Korbecki, and Mariola Marchlewicz ; 17. Mercury, Hg / Elżbieta Kalisińska, Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk, and Danuta I. Kosik-Bogacka ; 18. Silver, Ag / Lidia Strużyńska ; 19. Tin, Sn / Agnieszka Tomza-Marciniak [and others].
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The population explosion that began in the 1960s has been accompanied by a decrease in the quality of the natural environment, e.g. pollution of the air, water and soil with essential and toxic trace elements. Numerous poisonings of people and animals with highly toxic anthropogenic Hg and Cd in the 20th century prompted the creation of the abiotic environment, mainly in developed countries. However, the system is insufficient for long-term exposure to low concentrations of various substances that are mainly ingested through food and water. This problem could be addressed by the monitoring of sentinels - organisms that accumulate trace elements and as such reflect the rate and degree of environmental pollution. Usually these are long-lived vertebrates - herbivorous, omnivorous and carnivorous birds and mammals, especially game species. This book describes the responses of the sentinels most commonly used in ecotoxicological studies to 17 trace elements.
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Springer Nature
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com.springer.onix.9783030001216
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International Standard Book Number
9783030001193
International Standard Book Number
9783030001209
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Biological monitoring-- Northern Hemisphere.
Birds-- Effect of pollution on-- Northern Hemisphere.
Environmental toxicology-- Northern Hemisphere.
Indicators (Biology)-- Northern Hemisphere.
Mammals-- Effect of pollution on-- Northern Hemisphere.