PESTICIDE IMPACT ON STREAM FAUNA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MACROINVERTEBRATES. By R.C. Muirhead-Thomson.

Muirhead-Thomson (R.C.). (Robert Charles). (1914-2000).

ISBN 10: 0521309670 / ISBN 13: 9780521309677

Published by Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1989, 1987

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987, 1989 reprint. Large 8vo (156 x 234mm). Ppviii,275. B/w graphs, charts, line drawings, maps. Extensive bibliography. Laminated boards. Cover showing slight signs of age else very good. Robert Charles Muirhead-Thomson was a world-renowned medical entomologist. This book is of value to freshwater biologists, but especially to those directly involved in work with pesticides and freshwater fisheries. Chapters include: Introduction; Origins of pesticides in running waters; Laboratory evaluation techniques; Artificial community streams and channels in situ; Invertebrate reaction to pesticides under laboratory and experimental conditions; Introduction to field sampling of aquatic macroinvertebrates in streams and rivers; Impact of insecticides used in control of the spruce budworm; Aquatic effects of insecticides used in tsetse fly control; Effects on non-targets of larvicides applied to running waters for control of blackfly (Simulium) larvae; Impact of piscicides (and molluscicides); Herbicides and aqauatic invertebrates. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PESTICIDE IMPACT ON STREAM FAUNA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MACROINVERTEBRATES. By R.C. Muirhead-Thomson.
• Publisher: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1989
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521309670
• ISBN 13: 9780521309677
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

The problem of pesticide contamination of running waters is one of concern in many different fields of human activity. A critical experimental approach is essential in trying to understand how individual stream fauna react and how integrated aquatic communities respond to these toxic chemicals, both over short periods and in the long term. This book, first published in 1987, deals with three aspects of pesticide contamination. First the origins of the pollutants are considered. Secondly, there follows a consideration of laboratory evaluation techniques, and thirdly, the final section of the book looks in detail at a selection of case studies in which the effects on streams of widely used pesticides are analysed. The account will be of value to freshwater biologists generally but especially to those directly involved in work with pesticides, freshwater fisheries and public health.

Book Description

The problem of pesticide contamination of running waters is one of concern in many different fields of human activity. This book, first published in 1987, deals with three aspects of pesticide contamination. The account will be of value to freshwater biologists generally but especially to those directly involved in work with pesticides, freshwater fisheries and public health.