Physiological Responses of Marine Biota to Pollutants

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages ix-xi
Preface, Page xiii
Effects of Malathion on the Development of Crabs, Pages 3-19
Effects of Aroclor® 1016 and Halowax® 1099 on Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs Limulus polyphemus, Pages 21-35
Survival of Larval and Adult Fiddler Crabs Exposed to Aroclor® 1016 and 1254 and Different Temperature-Salinity Combinations, Pages 37-50
PCB Levels in Certain Organs of Some Feral Fish from New York State, Pages 51-61
DDT Inhibits Nutrient Absorption and Osmoregulatory Function in Fundulus heteroclitus, Pages 63-74
DDT: Effect on the Lateral Line Nerve of Steelhead Trout, Pages 75-91
Anticholinesterase Action of Pesticidal Carbamates in the Central Nervous System of Poisoned Fishes, Pages 93-102
Effect of Methylmercury upon Osmoregulation, Cellular Volume, and Ion Regulation in Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Pages 105-117
Methylmercury-Selenium: Interaction in the Killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, Pages 119-130
Effects of Cadmium on the Shrimps, Penaeus duorarum, Palaemonetes pugio and Palaemonetes vulgaris, Pages 131-183
Response of the Lobster, Homarus americanus, to Sublethal Levels of Cadmium and Mercury, Pages 185-197
Effects of Chromium on the Life History of Capitella capitata (Annelida: Polychaeta), Pages 199-207
Alteration of Enzymes in Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Exposed to Sublethal Amounts of Cadmium Chloride, Pages 209-224
The Effect of Chromium on Filtration Rates and Metabolic Activity of Mytilis edulis L. and Mya arenaria L., Pages 225-237
Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on the Rate of Heart Beat and Hatching Success of Estuarine Fish Embryos, Pages 241-258
Effect of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Breathing and Coughing Rates and Hydrocarbon Uptake-Depuration in Pink Salmon Fry, Pages 259-277
Some Metabolic Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Marine Fish, Pages 279-287
Effects of Natural Chronic Exposure to Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Size and Reproduction in Mytilus californianus Conrad, Pages 289-298
Effects of Varying Concentrations of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Sediments on Carbon Flux in Mya arenaria, Pages 299-314
The Effect of Pure Oil Subcomponents on Mytilus edulis, the Blue Mussel, Pages 315-322
Controlled Ecosystems: Their Use in the Study of the Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Plankton, Pages 323-342
Synergistic Effects of Exposure to Temperature and Chlorine on Survival of Young-of-the-Year Estuarine Fishes, Pages 345-355
The Effects of DDT and Mirex Alone and in Combination on the Reproduction of a Salt Marsh Cyprinodont Fish, Adinia xenica, Pages 357-376
Some Temperature Relationships in the Physiology of Two Ecologically Distinct Bivalve Populations, Pages 379-400
Variations in the Physiological Responses of Crustacean Larvae to Temperature, Pages 401-423
The Heterotrophic Potential Assay as an Indicator of Environmental Quality, Pages 425-437
The Effect of Juvenile Hormone Mimics on Development of the Mud Crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould), Pages 439-457
Index, Pages 459-462