Author : Carmel Mothersill
Release : 2003-08-14
Genre : Medical
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 579/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Vitro Methods in Aquatic Ecotoxicology by : Carmel Mothersill
Download or read book In Vitro Methods in Aquatic Ecotoxicology written by Carmel Mothersill. This book was released on 2003-08-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, here is a book that focuses on in vitro approaches to the study of the toxicology of polluting agents (including heavy metals, radionuclides, micro-organics, estrogenic compounds, and complex mixtures) in the aquatic environment. The importance of in vitro methods is that they allow standardised techniques to be developed and validated for substance and species specific experiments in a controlled way. Also, they allow mechanistic studies without the problems of individual variation between animals and environmental stress.