Ecological Biomarkers Indicators of Ecotoxicological Effects

Introduction, Claude Amiard-Triquet and Jean-Claude Amiard
History of Biomarkers, Michèle Roméo and Laure Giambérini
Biomarkers of Defense, Tolerance, and Ecological Consequences, Claude Amiard-Triquet, Carole Cossu-Leguille, and Catherine Mouneyrac
Molecular and Histocytological Biomarkers, Jean-Claude Amiard and Claude Amiard-Triquet
Linking Lysosomal Biomarkers and Ecotoxicological Effects at Higher Biological Levels, Michael N. Moore, Aldo G. Viarengo, Paul J. Somerfield, and Susanna Sforzini
Linking Immunotoxicity and Ecotoxicological Effects at Higher Biological Levels, Pauline Brousseau, Stéphane Pillet, Héloïse Frouin, Michel Auffret, François Gagné, and Michel Fournier
Sentinel Species, Brigitte Berthet
Impairments of Endocrine Functions: Causes and Consequences, Jean-Claude Amiard, Arnaud Chaumot, Mickaël Couderc, Jeanne Garric, Olivier Geffard, and Benoît Xuereb
Impairments of Endocrine Functions: Case Studies, Matthew J. Gubbins, Martial Huet, Reinier M. Mann, and Christophe Minier
Behavioral Ecotoxicology, Claude Amiard-Triquet and Jean-Claude Amiard
Origin of Energy Metabolism Impairments, Odile Dedourge-Geffard, Frédéric Palais, Alain Geffard, and Claude Amiard-Triquet
Consequences of Energy Metabolism Impairments, Catherine Mouneyrac, Cyril Durou, and Alexandre Péry
Biomarkers of Genotoxicity for In Situ Studies at Individual and Population Levels, Paule Vasseur, Franck Atienzar, Carole Cossu-Leguille, François Rodius, and Sébastien Lemière
Evolutionary Toxicology and Transcriptomic Approaches, Justine Marchand, Françoise Denis, and Jean Laroche
Biomarkers Currently Used in Environmental Monitoring, Tracy K. Collier, Michael W.L. Chiang, Doris W.T. Au, and Philip S. Rainbow
Conclusions: Biomarkers in Environmental Risk Assessment, Claude Amiard-Triquet, Jean-Claude Amiard, and Philip S. Rainbow
Index

Biography

Dr. Claude Amiard-Triquet is a Research Director in the CNRS (French National Research Center) based at the University of Nantes, France. Dr. Amiard-Triquet's research interests include metal ecotoxicology, biomarkers, and emerging contaminants (endocrine disruptors, nanoparticles).

Professor Jean-Claude Amiard is a Research Director in the CNRS (French National Research Center) based at the University of Nantes, France. His research activities have focused on the fate and effects of trace metals in marine and estuarine ecosystems, the tolerance of organisms to chronic exposure to contaminants, and the application of biomarkers to the assessment of ecotoxicity of emerging contaminants.

Professor Philip Rainbow is the Head of the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum, London, leading a staff of more than 100 working scientists. His recent research has focused on the factors affecting the bioavailability of trace metals to aquatic invertebrates from both solution and the diet, and the biodynamic modeling of trace metal bioaccumulation.

"In addition to the many case studies, figures, and tabulated applications of biomarkers, the insightful discussions concerning the strengths and limitations of each category of biomarkers provide a realistic assessment of the state of the science … this volume should be on the bookshelves of anyone seriously interested in biomarkers."
—Steven M. Bartell in The Quarterly Review of Biology, December 2014