Author : Claude Amiard-Triquet
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439817715
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)
Book Synopsis Tolerance to Environmental Contaminants by : Claude Amiard-Triquet
Download or read book Tolerance to Environmental Contaminants written by Claude Amiard-Triquet and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-01-21 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tolerance, the ability of populations to cope with the chemical stress resulting from toxic contaminants, has been described in many organisms from bacteria to fungi, from phytoplankton to terrestrial flowering plants, and from invertebrates such as worms to vertebrates like fish and amphibians. The building of tolerance, be it by physiological acc