Metal Ecotoxicology Concepts and Applications

This book is a compendium of reviews from the 1990 conference on Metals in Soils, Water, Plants, and Animals held in Orlando, Florida. The articles are well-balanced among chemistry, terrestrial and aquatic biology, and statistical modeling. The authors and reviewers represent an unusually large number of leading researchers. Most chapters present a good critical syntheses of their subject matter and several have useful discussion sections and/or suggestions for further research. The book is authoritative, up-to-date, and readable for both the expert and the newcomers to the emerging field of ecotoxicology.