Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

   PDF

2. Mechanisms of metal uptake

   • Ken Simkiss

   Pages 1-17

3. The interactions between living organisms and metals in intertidal and subtidal sediments

   • Carlos Vale, Bjorn Sundby

   Pages 19-29

4. Microorganisms and the biogeochemical cycling of metals in aquatic environments

   • David Barrie Johnson

   Pages 31-57

5. Metal accumulation and impacts in phytoplankton

   • James G. Sanders, Gerhardt F. Riedel

   Pages 59-76

6. Mercury in aquatic ecosystems

   • Togwell A. Jackson

   Pages 77-158

7. Arsenic metabolism in aquatic ecosystems

   • John S. Edmonds, Kevin A. Francesconi

   Pages 159-183

8. Determinants of trace metal concentrations in marine organisms

   • Murray T. Brown, Michael H. Depledge

   Pages 185-217

9. Metal handling strategies in molluscs

   • William J. Langston, Maria João Bebianno, Gary R. Burt

   Pages 219-283

10. Phylogeny of trace metal accumulation in crustaceans

    • Philip S. Rainbow

    Pages 285-319

11. Mechanisms of heavy metal accumulation and toxicity in fish

    • Per-Erik Olsson, Peter Kling, Christer Hogstrand

    Pages 321-350

12. Influence of ecological factors on accumulation of metal mixtures

    • Claude Amiard-Triquet, Jean-Claude Amiard

    Pages 351-386

13. Metals and marine food chains

    • James A. Nott

    Pages 387-414

14. Metal accumulation and detoxification in humans

    • Hing Man Chan

    Pages 415-438

15. Erratum

    • William J. Langston, Maria João Bebianno

    Pages 449-449

16. Back Matter

    Pages 439-448

    PDF

Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments is a synthesis of recent developments in the field of metal ecotoxicology and features a number of contemporary issues arising from the interaction of metals and biota, such as pathways of assimilation and food chain transfer, metal accumulation and detoxification in humans and biotransformation of elements such as mercury and arsenic.

• Biota
• aquatic environments
• detoxification
• ecosystem
• ecotoxicology
• environment
• mercury
• microorganism
• microorganisms
• phytoplankton
• plankton
• toxicology

• Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Plymouth, UK

  William J. Langston

• Department of Science and Technology of Aquatic Resources, University of the Algarve, Portugal

  Maria João Bebianno

Policies and ethics