Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Agricultural Land Use and Wildlife Resources
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 33,34 MB
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Historical perspective. Wildlife values in a Changing World. New patterns on land and water. Influence of land management on wildlife. Special problems of waters and watersheds. Pesticides and wildlife. Wildlife demage and control. Legislation and administration. Evaluation and Conclusions.
Author : W. Waynon Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Acute toxicity testing
ISBN :
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water Programs
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Aquatic animals
ISBN :
Author : Rick H. Hudson
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Pesticides
ISBN :
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309040469
Studying animals in the environment may be a realistic and highly beneficial approach to identifying unknown chemical contaminants before they cause human harm. Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards presents an overview of animal-monitoring programs, including detailed case studies of how animal health problemsâ€"such as the effects of DDT on wild bird populationsâ€"have led researchers to the sources of human health hazards. The authors examine the components and characteristics required for an effective animal-monitoring program, and they evaluate numerous existing programs, including in situ research, where an animal is placed in a natural setting for monitoring purposes.
Author : Lisa H. Nowell
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1000611035
More than 20 years after the ban of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides, pesticides continue to be detected in air, rain, soil, surface water, bed sediment, and aquatic and terrestrial biota throughout the world. Recent research suggests that low levels of some of these pesticides may have the potential to affect the development, reproduction,
Author : David Pimentel
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Pesticides
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
Publisher :
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 1969
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Rachel Carson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780618249060
The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment
Publisher :
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Ecology
ISBN :
Committee Serial No. 91-15. Considers the effects of DDT and similar agricultural pesticides on fish in Lake Michigan. Sept. 29 hearing was held in Lansing, Mich., and Sept. 30 hearing was held in Muskegon, Mich.
