Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change 2

Table of contents (25 chapters)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. 

      Chapter

      Pages 1-8

      Introduction

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

3. Automated Monitoring:On-line Monitoring

   1. 

      Chapter

      Pages 9-28

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

      Amara Gunatilaka, Peter Diehl

   2. 

      Chapter

      Pages 29-58

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

      Amara Gunatilaka, Peter Diehl, Heike Puzicha

   3. 

      Chapter

      Pages 59-87

      The “Musselmonitor^®” as Biological Early Warning System

      Kees J. M. Kramer, Edwin M. Foekema

   4. 

      Chapter

      Pages 89-91

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

      O. Hunrich Spieser

   5. 

      Chapter

      Pages 93-112

      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

   6. 

      Chapter

      Pages 113-122

      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

   7. 

      Chapter

      Pages 123-141

      Continuous Water Monitoring

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

   8. Automation Technologies

      1. 

         Chapter

         Pages 143-155

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

         Manohar Das, Frank M. Butterworth

      2. 

         Chapter

         Pages 157-174

         Screen-Printed Disposable Biosensors for Environmental Pollution Monitoring

         David C. Cowell, Abdul K. Abass, Antony A. Dowman, John P. Hart, Roy M. Pemberton…

      3. 

         Chapter

         Pages 175-199

         Optical Sensors and Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring

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

4. Recombination and Recombinogen Detection

   1. 

      Chapter

      Pages 201-219

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

      Rudolf Fahrig

   2. 

      Chapter

      Pages 221-237

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

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

   3. 

      Chapter

      Pages 239-255

      A New Way to View Complex Mixtures

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

   4. 

      Chapter

      Pages 257-299

      Drosophila is a Reliable Biomonitor of Water Pollution

      Patricia Ramos-Morales, Guadalupe Ma Ordaz, Adriana Dorantes, Hugo Rivas…

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

   1. 

      Chapter

      Pages 301-316

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

      Almut Gerhardt

   2. 

      Chapter

      Pages 317-331

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

      Maria E. Gonsebatt, Patricia Guzman, Juliana Blas

   3. 

      Chapter

      Pages 333-346

      p53 Mutation Load

      S. Perwez Hussain, Curtis C. Harris

   4. 

      Chapter

      Pages 347-360

      Plant Biomonitors in Aquatic Environments

      Lesley Lovett-Doust, Jon Lovett-Doust

   5. 

      Chapter

      Pages 361-390

      Fish Chromosomes as Biomarkers of Genotoxic Damage and Proposal for the Use of Tropical Catfish Species for Short-Term Screening of Genotoxic Agents

      Manuel Uribe-Alcocer, Píndaro Díaz-Jaimes