ENTX 732B Aquatic Toxicology
ENTX 732 AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (Credit, 3 hours). This course features a study of the effects of environmental contaminants on aquatic and marine organisms. The relationships between impact on individual organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems, relative effects of chemicals on larvae and embryo development, biomarkers of pollutant exposure for early-warning detection of deleterious effects of chemicals, bioaccumulation and bioavailability of effluents, sediment and other particulate adsorption models, ecological risk assessment for aquatic toxicants and comparative biochemical mechanisms, including metabolism, adaptation and toxicity.
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