Praise for the First Edition"... an excellent addition to an upper-level undergraduate course
on environmental statistics, and... a'must-have'desk reference for environmental practitioners …

There are multiple sources of lead in the environment. However, scientific evidence points to
spent lead ammunition as the most frequent cause of lead exposure and poisoning in …

This book provides solutions for the interpretation and analysis of data that fall below the
laboratory detection limit. Survival analysis methods are adapted for studies of trace …

Biomonitoring using birds of prey as sentinel species has been mooted as a way to evaluate
the success of European Union directives that are designed to protect people and the …

Lead is a highly toxic heavy metal that acts as a nonspecific poison affecting all body
systems and has no known biological requirement. Absorption of low concentrations may …

It has been difficult to establish reliable indices of exposure to endocrine disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) appropriate for a variety of avian species because of a vast array of …

Metal concentrations (Ag, As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Zn) were determined in the feathers and
excreta of nestling great tits (Parus major), in their main invertebrate prey (Lepidoptera …

Feathers, eggs, and excreta of Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua ellsworthii), adults, from
Livingston Island (South Shetlands), chosen as bioindicators, were used to test the quality of …

Based on longitudinal studies-some into their fifth decade-of colonial waterbirds, this book
provides a clear picture of the corrosive effects of heavy metals in the aquatic environment …

Feathers provide a potentially useful biomonitoring option in studies regarding pollution
exposure in avian species. However, they must be used with care because the complex, fine …