This up-to-date, comprehensive toxicology handbook, Toxicology of Fishes, 2nd Edition, is devoted to the effects of environmental pollution on fish. Discusses fundamental topics such as toxicokinetics in fishes, processes governing biotransformation within these organisms, and reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress. 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, are also presented. 479 p.
- Kristine L. Willett, Editor. BA in Chemistry, PhD in Toxicology. Professor of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology; Chair of the Department of BioMolecular Sciences in the School of Pharmacology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (USA).
- Neelakanteswar Aluru, Editor. PhD, Associate Scientist in the Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Falmouth, MA (USA).
- Publication date (digital version): 2024-03.
