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Multiple Stressors: A Challenge for the Future

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Carmel Mothersill

    1. McMaster University, Canada

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  2. Irma Mosse

    1. Institute of Genetics and Cytology National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus

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  3. Colin Seymour

    1. McMaster University, Canada

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Table of contents (37 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Multiple Stressors: General Overviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Challenges in Radioecotoxicology

      • Brit Salbu, L. Skipperud
      Pages 3-12

    3. The Involvement of Pollution with Fish Health

      • Brian Austin
      Pages 13-30

    4. Effects of Ionizing Radiation Combined with Other Stressors, on Non-Human Biota

      • Ronald E. J. Mitchel, Marilyne Audette-Stuart, Tamara Yankovich
      Pages 31-38

    5. Ecotoxicology – How to Assess the Impact of Toxicants in a Multi-Factorial Environment?

      • Helmut Segner
      Pages 39-56

    6. A Layperson's Primer on Multiple Stressors

      • Thomas G. Hinton, Kouichi Aizawa
      Pages 57-69

  3. Multiple Exposure Data – What Responses are Seen?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Effects of Multipollutant Exposures on Plant Populations

      • Stanislav A. Geras'kin, Alla A. Oudalova, Vladimir G. Dikarev, Nina S. Dikareva, Tatiana I. Evseeva
      Pages 73-89

    3. Methodology of Socio-Ecological Monitoring using Cytogenetic Methods

      • Alla Gorova, Irina Klimkina
      Pages 91-102

    4. Role of Genetic Susceptibility in Environmental Exposure Induced Diseases

      • Soheir Korrea
      Pages 103-123

  5. Multiple Stressors: Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Multidisciplinary Aspects of Regulatory Systems Relevant to Multiple Stressors: Aging, Xenobiotics and Radiation

      • C. David Rollo
      Pages 185-224

    3. Genetic Aspects of Pollutant Accumulation in Plants

      • A. Kilchevsky, L. Kogotko, A. Shchur, A. Kruk
      Pages 225-234

    4. Radiation Risks in the Context of Multiple Stressors in the Environment – Issues for Consideration

      • Carmel Mothersill, Colin Seymour
      Pages 235-246
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Ecotoxiclogical risk from multiple stressors covers any situation where org- isms are exposed to a combination of environmental stressors. These include physical and chemical pollutants as well as other stressors such as parasites and environmental impact (e. g. , climate change or habitat loss). The combi- tion of stressors can result in increased risk to organisms (either additive or synergistic effects) or decreased effects (protective or antagonistic effects). The multiple stressor challenge is an international, multi-disciplinary problem requiring an international, multi-disciplinary approach. The c- rent approach to multiple stressors is to examine one stressor at a time and assume additivity. Little work has been done on combinations of stressors such that potential interactions can be determined. The problem is very complex. Multiple stressors pose a whole spectrum of challenges that range from basic science to regulation, policy and gove- ance. The challenges raise fundamental questions about our understanding of the basic biological response to stressors, as well as the implications of those uncertainties in environmental risk assessment and management. In addition to the great breadth, there is also great depth in the research ch- lenges, largely due to the complexity of the issues. From a basic science point of view, many of the mechanisms and processes under investigation are at the cutting edge of science — involving new paradigms such as genomic ins- bility and bystander effects.

Editors and Affiliations

  • McMaster University, Canada

    Carmel Mothersill, Colin Seymour

  • Institute of Genetics and Cytology National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus

    Irma Mosse

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