Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change 2

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Frank M. Butterworth, Rafael Villalobos-Pietrini, María E. Gonsebatt

      Pages 1-8

3. Automated Monitoring:On-line Monitoring

   1. A Brief Review of Chemical and Biological Continuous Monitoring of Rivers in Europe and Asia

      • Amara Gunatilaka, Peter Diehl

      Pages 9-28

   2. The Evaluation of “Dynamic Daphnia Test” After a Decade of Use

      • Amara Gunatilaka, Peter Diehl, Heike Puzicha

      Pages 29-58

   3. The “Musselmonitor®” as Biological Early Warning System

      • Kees J. M. Kramer, Edwin M. Foekema

      Pages 59-87

   4. Quantitative Behavior Analysis—a New Approach to the Challenges of Environmental Toxicology

      • O. Hunrich Spieser

      Pages 89-91

   5. An Introduction to Behavioral Monitoring-Effects of Nonylphenol and Ethinylestradiol on Swimming Behavior of Juvenile Carp

      • O. Hunrich Spieser, Julia Schwaiger, Hermann Ferling, Rolf-Dieter Negele

      Pages 93-112

   6. How to Use Fish Behavior Analysis to Sensitively Assess the Hazard Potentials of Environmental Chemicals

      • Daniela Baganz, Georg Staaks, O. Hunrich Spieser, Christian E. W. Steinberg

      Pages 113-122

   7. Continuous Water Monitoring

      • Elke Blübaum-Gronau, Michael Hoffmann, O. Hunrich Spieser, Wilfred Scholz

      Pages 123-141

   8. Automation Technologies

      1. Restoration and Classification of Water-Borne Microbial Images for Continuous Monitoring of Water Quality

         • Manohar Das, Frank M. Butterworth

         Pages 143-155

      2. Screen-Printed Disposable Biosensors for Environmental Pollution Monitoring

         • David C. Cowell, Abdul K. Abass, Antony A. Dowman, John P. Hart, Roy M. Pemberton, Sarah J. Young

         Pages 157-174

      3. Optical Sensors and Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring

         • Patricia Scully, Rekha Chandy, Robert Edwards, David Merchant, Roger Morgan

         Pages 175-199

4. Recombination and Recombinogen Detection

   1. Recombination as Indicator for Genotoxic and “Non-Genotoxic” Environmental Carcinogens

      • Rudolf Fahrig

      Pages 201-219

   2. Somatic Mutation and Recombination Test in Drosophila Used for Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollutants

      • Judith Guzmán-Rincόn, Patricia Ramίrez-Victoria, Luis Benitez

      Pages 221-237

   3. A New Way to View Complex Mixtures

      • Richard M. McGowen, D. Carl Freeman, Frank M. Butterworth

      Pages 239-255

   4. Drosophila is a Reliable Biomonitor of Water Pollution

      • Patricia Ramos-Morales, Guadalupe Ma Ordaz, Adriana Dorantes, Hugo Rivas, Patricia Campos, Moises Martinez et al.

      Pages 257-299

5. New Approaches and Applications of Established Systems: Sentinel Systems

   1. A New Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor for Ecologically Relevant Supervision of Surface Waters

      • Almut Gerhardt

      Pages 301-316

   2. Cytogenetic and Cytotoxic Damage in Exfoliated Cells as Indicators of Effects in Humans

      • Maria E. Gonsebatt, Patricia Guzman, Juliana Blas

      Pages 317-331

   3. p53 Mutation Load

      • S. Perwez Hussain, Curtis C. Harris

      Pages 333-346

   4. Plant Biomonitors in Aquatic Environments

      • Lesley Lovett-Doust, Jon Lovett-Doust

      Pages 347-360

Monitoring the environment is absolutely essential if we are to identify hazards to human health, to assess environmental cleanup efforts, and to prevent further degradation of the ecosystem. Biomonitors and biomarkers combined with chemical monitoring offer the only approach to making these assessments. Based on an International Association of Great Lakes Research conference, this book is intended for researchers who want to incorporate new and different technologies in their development of specifically-crafted monitors; students who are learning the field of biomonitoring; and regulatory agencies that want to consider newer technologies to replace inadequate and less powerful test regimes.

• Biom
• Biomonitoring
• Biosensor
• Water pollution
• classification
• ecosystem
• environment
• hazard
• human health
• metabolism
• pesticide
• pollution
• toxicity
• toxicology
• ecotoxicology

• Institute for River Research International, Rochester, USA

  Frank M. Butterworth

• Donaukraft Engineering, Vienna, Austria

  Amara Gunatilaka

• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cuidad Universitaria, Mexico

  Maria Eugenia Gonsebatt

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