Toxicology of Fishes 2nd Edition

Your Comprehensive Handbook of Fish Toxicology

This book is an up-to-date, comprehensive toxicology handbook devoted to the effects of environmental pollution on fish. It highlights the significant research progress in fish toxicology that has resulted from rapid technological developments in analytical, biochemical, and genomic sciences.

Key Features

• Fundamental Topics: It discusses fundamental topics such as toxicokinetics in fishes, processes governing biotransformation within these organisms, and reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress.
• Key Target Systems: It explains key target organ systems for chemical impacts in fish, such as the nervous and immune systems, and how fishes can develop resistance to chemical toxicity.
• Modern Concepts: The book covers multi-transgenerational effects on fishes, epigenetics, proteomics, and metabolomics, and adverse outcome pathways.
• New Chapters: Replacing the case studies in the first edition, this update delves into the impacts of microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and oil spills in dedicated final chapters.
• Broad Audience: With nearly 200 illustrations and tables, this comprehensive reference work presents concepts in a way that is useful for both novices and experts in the field of fish toxicology.