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Environmental Specimen Banking and Monitoring as Related to Banking

Proceedings of the International Workshop, Saarbruecken, Federal Republic of Germany, 10–15 May, 1982

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Robert A. Lewis

    1. Institute of Biogeography, University of Saarland Saarbruecken, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. Norbert Stein

    1. Institute of Biogeography, University of Saarland Saarbruecken, Federal Republic of Germany

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  3. Carolyn W. Lewis

    1. Institute of Biogeography, University of Saarland Saarbruecken, Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (30 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations

    1. Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations

      • Robert A. Lewis, Norbert Stein, Carolyn W. Lewis
      Pages 1-6

  3. Welcoming Address by Paul Müller

    1. Welcoming Address by Paul Müller

      • Paul Müller
      Pages 7-7

  4. Welcoming Address by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knies

    1. Welcoming Address by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knies

      • Wolfgang Knies
      Pages 8-9

  5. Welcoming Address by George M. Goldstein

    1. Welcoming Address by George M. Goldstein

      • George M. Goldstein
      Pages 10-12

  6. Opening Address: Task and Possibilities of a Specimen Bank: Ulrich R. Boehringer, Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek

    1. Opening Address: Task and Possibilities of a Specimen Bank: Ulrich R. Boehringer, Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek

      • Ulrich R. Boehringer, Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek
      Pages 13-19

  7. Realization of Specimen Banking

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Summary and Conclusions

      • H. W. Nürnberg
      Pages 23-26

    3. Papers Contributed for Section A

      1. Relationship Between an International Environmental Specimen Monitoring Programme and the Implementation of a Prevention Policy Concerning Environmental Pollution
        • R. Amavis, C. Gillard, R. Schubert
        Pages 27-32
      2. The State of the Art of the Researches on Environmental Specimen Banking in Japan
        • Yoshinari Ambe
        Pages 33-44
      3. Collecting and Archiving Wildlife Specimens in Canada
        • John E. Elliott
        Pages 45-66
      4. General Aspects of Monitoring and Banking of Human Biological Specimens
        • F. H. Kemper, N.-P. Lüpke
        Pages 67-73
      5. Environmental Specimen Banking in the UK; Do We Need to Go Any Further?
        • N. King
        Pages 74-83
      6. Realization of Specimen Banking: Chemical Approaches
        • F. Korte
        Pages 84-87
      7. Specimen Banks and the Monitoring of Surface Water Pollution by Aquatic Organisms
        • C. Pries, W. Chr. De Kock, J. M. Marquenie
        Pages 88-94
      8. Concept and Operational Experiences of the Pilot Environmental Specimen Bank Program in the Federal Republic of Germany
        • M. Stoeppler, F. Backhaus, J.-D. Schladot, H. W. Nürnberg
        Pages 95-107
      9. Operation of the U.S. Pilot National Environmental Specimen Bank Program
        • Stephen A. Wise, Kathleen A. Fitzpatrick, Sally H. Harrison, Rolf Zeisler
        Pages 108-129

  8. Specimen Selection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Summary and Conclusions

      • Robert A. Lewis
      Pages 133-141

    3. Papers Contributed for Section B

      1. The Importance of Specimen Banking to Monitoring the St. Lawrence Great Lakes
        • A. M. Beeton, John E. Gannon
        Pages 143-163
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There is a great dispar.ity between the ability of the major industrial nations to produce and distribute chemicals and our ability to comprehend the nature and potential severity of unintended consequences for man, his life support systems and the environment generally. Furthermore, the gap between our ability to produce and distribute myriad chemicals and our ability to identify, understand or predict unfavorable environmental impacts may widen. As environmental scientists we are conscious of the interrelatedness, not only of environmental systems, but of nations as well. Materials are continually moved across boundaries by human as well as natural agencies. The extent, rate and nature of transfer for most pollutants is largely unknown. We can only guess which of the numerous chemicals produced are candidates for concern. More important still is our practical ignorance of the mechanisms of chronic effects upon natural systems and of the concentrations, combinations and circumstances that may lead to irreversibilities or to serious consequences for man. We know very little also regarding the potential for or the kinds of indirect effects that might occur. With respect to the environmentltself, we know little of its assimilative capacity with regard to widely dispersed pollutants and their transformation products. But what we do know is disquieting, and a much-improved system for the evaluation and management of toxic and hazardous chemicals is needed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Biogeography, University of Saarland Saarbruecken, Federal Republic of Germany

    Robert A. Lewis, Norbert Stein, Carolyn W. Lewis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Specimen Banking and Monitoring as Related to Banking

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Workshop, Saarbruecken, Federal Republic of Germany, 10–15 May, 1982

  • Editors: Robert A. Lewis, Norbert Stein, Carolyn W. Lewis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6765-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Boston 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-621-9Published: 31 December 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6767-0Published: 02 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6765-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 358

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Public Health

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