Book ID: 78411
Lagadic, Laurent, Thierry Caquet, J. - C. Amiard, F. Ramade (eds.)
Use of Biomarkers for Environmental Quality Assessment. 2000. 350 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
A biomarker may be defined as a change that can be observed and/ormeasured at the molecular, biochemical, cellular, physiological orbehavioural level, and that reveals present or past environmentalexposure of an individual to at least one pollutant. This book presentsexamples of the use of biomarkers in the monitoring of terrestrial,freshwater and marine environment quality.