Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years. These elements are no longer viewed by fish physiologists as "heavy metals" that kill fish by suffocation, but rather as interesting moieties that enter and leave fish by specific pathways, which are subject to physiological regulation. The metals featured in this volume are those about which there has been most public and scientific concern, and therefore are those most widely studied by fish researchers. Metals such as Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni, Co, Se, Mo and Cr are either proven to be or are strongly suspected to be essential in trace amounts, yet are toxic in higher doses.
The companion volume, Homeostasis and Toxicology of Non-Essential Metals, Volume 31B, covers metals that have no known nutritive function in fish at present, but which are toxic at fairly low levels, such as Ag, Al, Cd, Pb, Hg, As, Sr, and U. In addition, three chapters in Volumes 31A and 31B on Basic Principles (Chapter 1, 31A), Field Studies and Ecological Integration (Chapter 9, 31A) and Modeling the Physiology and Toxicology of Metals (Chapter 9, 31B) act as integrative summaries and make these two volumes a vital set for readers.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals, Volume 31A
1. An Introduction to Metals in Fish Physiology and Toxicology: Basic Principles / Chris M. Wood 2. Copper / Martin Grosell 3. Zinc / Christer Hogstrand 4. Iron / Nicolas R. Bury, David Boyle, and Christopher. A. Cooper 5. Nickel / Greg Pyle and Patrice Couture 6. Cobalt / Ronny Blust 7. Selenium / David M. Janz 8. Molybdenum and Chromium / Scott D. Reid 9. Field Studies on Metal Accumulation and Effects in Fish / Patrice Couture and Greg Pyle
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