By Judith S. Weis
Synthesizing a long time of labor, yet updated, this booklet makes a speciality of organism-level responses to pollution by means of marine animals, in most cases crustaceans, molluscs, and fishes.�Emphasizing results on physiological methods (feeding/digestion, respiratory, osmoregulation), life-cycle (reproduction [including endocrine disruption], embryo improvement, larval improvement, developmental tactics later in lifestyles (growth, regeneration, molting, calcification, cancer), and behavior, the booklet additionally covers bioaccumulation and cleansing of contaminants, and the advance of tolerance.�The significant pollution lined are metals, natural compounds (oil, insecticides, commercial chemicals), meals and hypoxia, contaminants of rising crisis, and ocean acidification. a few cognizance is usually dedicated to marine particles and noise pollution.�
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