Tolerance to environmental contaminants

Preface About the Editors Contributors Pollution Tolerance: From Fundamental Biological Mechanisms to Ecological Consequences, Claude Amiard-Triquet Tolerance to Contaminants: Evidence from Chronically Exposed Populations of Aquatic Organisms, Emma L. Johnston Inter- and Intraspecific Variability of Tolerance: Implications for Bioassays and Biomonitoring, Brigitte Berthet, Kenneth M. Y. Leung, and Claude Amiard-Triquet Microbial Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance, Ahmed Tlili and Bernard Montuelle Tolerance to Natural Environmental Change and the Effect of Added Chemical Stress. Herman Hummel, Adam Sokolowski, Christiaan Hummel, and Sander Wijnhoven Mechanisms of Defence and the Acquisition of Tolerance to Chemical Stress Biodynamic Parameters of the Accumulation of Toxic Metals, Detoxification, and the Acquisition of Metal Tolerance, Philip S. Rainbow and Samuel N. Luoma Antioxidant Defenses and Acquisition of Tolerance to Chemical Stress, Francesco Regoli, Maura Benedetti, and Maria Elisa Giuliani Biotransformation of Organic Contaminants and the Acquisition of Resistance, Michele Romeo and Isaac Wirgin Stress Proteins and the Acquisition of Tolerance, Catherine Mouneyrac and Michele Romeo The Multixenobiotic Transport System: A System Governing Intracellular Contaminant Bioavailability, Gautier Damiens and Christophe Minier Ecological and Ecophysiological Aspects of Tolerance Tolerance and Biodiversity, Judith S. Weis Cost of Tolerance, Catherine Mouneyrac, Priscilla T. Y. Leung, and Kenneth M. Y. Leung Tolerance and the Trophic Transfer of Contaminants, Claude Amiard-Triquet and Philip S. Rainbow Case Studies Bacterial Tolerance in Contaminated Soils: Potential of the PICT Approach in Microbial Ecology, Gwenael Imfeld, Francoise Bringel, and Stephane Vuilleumier Adaptation to Metals in Higher Plants: The Case of Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae), Helene Frerot, Patrick de Laguerie, Anne Creach, Clairea'Lise Meyer, Maxime Pauwels, and Pierre Saumitou-Laprade Insecticides with Novel Modes of Action: Mechanism and Resistance Management, Murad Ghanim and Isaac Ishaaya Conclusions, Claude Amiard-Triquet and Michele