Pollutants |
Major types and features
Inorganic pollutants: metals and anions
Organic pollutants
Organometals
Gases
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Bioamplification along the trophic chain |
Bioamplification.
Trophic transfer and Bioamplification factor.
Examples of bioamplification in metals and organic pollutants. |
Toxicodynamics: biochemical and histological effects |
Protective and non protective bgiochemical changes.
Molecular toxicity mechanisms.
Modes of toxic actions in organic pollutants.
Examples of molecular mechanisms.
Cytotoxicity and necrosis.
Damage to genes and chromosomes. |
Biomarkers (Retrospective Ecotoxicology II). |
Classification, especificity and relationship with damaging effects.
Requisites of a good biomarker.
Examples of biomarkers.
Use of biomarkers. |
Prediction (Prospective Ecotoxicology II) |
Prediction at individual level: QSAR.
Prediction at ecosystem level: SSR.
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