ABSTRACT

One of the problems of using plants in environmental studies is finding current information. Because plants play a key role in environmental studies, from the greenhouse effect to environmental toxicological studies, information is widely scattered over many different fields and in many different sources. Plants for Environmental Studies solves that problem with a single, comprehensive source of information on the many ways plants are used in environmental studies. Written by experts from around the world and edited by a team of prominent environmental specialists, this book is the only source of complete information on environmental impacts, mutation, statistical analyses, relationships between plants and water, algae, plants in ecological risk assessment, compound accumulations, and more. Encompassing algae and vascular plants in both aquatic and terrestrial environments, this book contains a diverse collection of laboratory and in situ studies, methods, and procedures using plants to evaluate air, water, wastewater, sediment, and soil.

The Effects of Ultra Violet-B Radiation on Higher Plants. Radiation Effects on Plants. Plant Activation of Environmental Agents: The Utility of the Plant Cell/Microbe Coincubation Assay. Statistical Methods in Plant Environmental Studies. Water Quality and Aquatic Plants. Algal Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Conditions and Change. Photosynthetic Electron Transport as a Bioassay. Laboratory Bioassays with Microalgae. Aquatic Plant Communities for Impact Monitoring and Assessment. Allium Test for Screening Chemicals; Evaluation of Cytological Parameters. The Use of Vascular Plants as "Field" Biomonitors. Metal Accumulation by Aquatic Macrophytes. Bioaccumulation of Xenobiotic Organic Chemicals by Terrestrial Plants. Uptake of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Vegetation: A Review of Experimental Methods. Plant Uptake and Metabolism Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Selection of Phytotoxicity Tests for Use in Ecological Risk Assessments. Index.

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