Bioassays

Bioassays: Advanced Methods and Applications provides a thorough understanding of the applications of bioassays in monitoring toxicity in aquatic ecosystems. It reviews the newest tests and applications in discovering compounds and toxins in the environment, covering all suitable organisms, from bacteria, to microorganisms, to higher plants, including invertebrates and vertebrates. By learning about newer tests, water pollution control testing can be less time and labor consuming, and less expensive. This book will be helpful for anyone working in aquatic environments or those who need an introduction to ecotoxicology or bioassays, from investigators, to technicians and students.

• Features chapters written by internationally renowned researchers in the field, all actively involved in the development and application of bioassays
• Gives the reader an understanding of the advantages and deficiencies of available tests
• Addresses the problem of understanding the impact of toxins in an aquatic environment and how to assess them

Advanced students and researchers in ecology, aquatic sciences, environmental technology and water management as well as workers and administrators in the field of waste water treatment, environmental health, drinking water supply and natural ecosystems

1. Introduction
2. Chemical analysis
3. Short view on the historical development
4. Regulations, political and societal aspects, toxicity limits
5. Technology of image analysis for bioassays
6. Algae
7. Other commercially available bioassays
8. Plant Pigments
9. PAM fluorescence
10. Ecotox
11. Daphniatox
12. Imaging based bioassays (Lemnatox)
13. Fish
14. Mammals
15. Insects worms etc.
16. Plant and animal cells
17. Environmental Monitoring
18. Use of bioassays to monitor toxicity and pollution in drinking water
19. Application of bioassays for polluted freshwater ecosystems
20. Bioassays to determine solar UV radiation
21. Terrestrial
22. Marine toxicology: assays and perspectives for developing countries
23. Conclusion