Beschreibung:
The impact of pollution on fisheries and the potential health implications of eating contaminated fish are areas of considerable concern for the fishing and aquaculture communities, government bodies and the general public. Pollution, as well as over fishing, may well be contributory to recent serious declines in global fish stocks.
List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction and Conceptual Model. 2. Genetic Damage and the Molecular/Cellular Response to Pollution. 3. Molecular/Cellular Processes and the Physiological Response to Pollution. 4. Molecular/Cellular Processes and the Health of the Individual. 5. Cellular/Cellular Processes and the Impact on Reproduction. 6. From the Individual to the Population and Community Responses to Pollution. 7. Cellular/Cellular Processes and the Population Genetics of a Species. 8. From Population Ecology to Socio--Economic and Human Health Issues. 9. The Role of Modelling in Fish and Fishery Ecotoxicology. Index.