Toxicity in Fishes
by Jain, Krishan Lal
ISBN: 9789389605570
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2020
Price : Rs. 13995.00
Biblio : 2019, x+391p., tbls., indx., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr Krishan Lal Jain (PhD), a renowned Professor of Zoology and is retired from the department of Zoology and Aquaculture of ‘The CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar’ in Haryana (India). He has been grossly associated with various aspects of water pollution and fish toxicology during his valuable last about 10 years of active service.
He did his BSc (1969) from The Punjab University Chandigarh, MSc (1971) from Punjabi University Patiala, and PhD (1986) from CCS Haryana Agricultural Univer
About The Book
This book provides glimpses into the recent ‘Mechanisms of toxicity in fishes’ and it is first such holistic and explicable attempt, incorporating a comprehensive update account of the heavy metals as water pollutants and almost every essential fundamental aspect about their chronic toxicity in fishes. The book has 2 parts and each is well defined to its contents in total 14 chapters, such as ‘Scope of water pollution and the important definitions; Industrial and non-industrial water pollutants;
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface vii
1. Water Pollution: Scopes and Definitions 1
1. Facts about Public Awareness; 2. Water Pollution and the Fisheries; References
2. Major Industrial and Non-Industrial Water Contaminants 11
1. Industrial Wastes and the Chemicals; 2. Metals and Metal Compounds as the Xenobiotics; 3. Trace Metals; 4. Non-Industrial City Wastes; 5. Water Acidification; 6. Oil Spills and Oil Residues; References
3. Epidemiological Significance of Heavy Metals 29
1. Metal Toxicity in Humans
