Toxicology of Marine Mammals

Name: Toxicology of Marine Mammals
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

Focusing on the effects of natural and introduced toxicants on organs and systems in marine mammals, this book includes overviews on health status and contamination with chapters devoted to whales, pinnipeds, dolphins, polar bears, manatees, and sea otters. The concluding chapter addresses perspectives for the future. This volume features research from a vast geographic landscape, with case studies on intriguing areas of contamination such as the St. Lawrence River and the Baltic Sea. Toxicologists working in marine biology and veterinary medicine, conservation scientists, fisheries scientists, environmental scientists, and wildlife managers will all benefit from this comprehensive resource. > The activities of modern society have unleashed a range of toxic chemicals into the global environment. Many of these toxicants are now being detected in increasing quantities in the tissues of marine mammals, most notably in top predators who acquire relatively large amounts of toxic chemica