Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment

Presents a comprehensive account of current research on the chemistry and toxicology of cadmium in natural waters. Discusses the sources, distribution, and fate of cadmium in aquatic ecosystems, including coverage of the biocycling and exotoxicity of cadmium to materia and fresh water biota. A succinct review of the analytical chemistry of cadmium in natural waters is also included. The contributors emphasize general principles rather than comprehensive documentation, making this volume accessible to a wide audience. The technical information helps provide the scientific rationale needed in the continuing effort to establish water quality criteria and standards for cadmium. Distribution and Cycling of Cadmium in the Environment (J. M.Bewers, et al.).

Evidence for Anthropogenic Modification of Global Transport ofCadmium (P. A. Yeats & J. M.

Bewers).

Cadmium in Freshwaters: The Great Lakes and St.

Lawrence River (K. R. Lum).

Cadmium Associations in Freshwater and Marine (I. R.McCracken).

Toxicity of Cadmium to Freshwater Microorganisms Phytoplankton andInvertebrates (P. T. S.

Wong).

Effects of Cadmium on Freshwater Fish (J. B. Sprague).

Effects of Cadmium on Marine Biota (D. W. McLeese, et al.).

Biological Cycling of Cadmium in the Marine Environment (S. Ray& D. W.

McLeese).

Methods of Cadmium Detection (R. W. Dabeka & M. Ihnat).

Index.

JEROME O. NRIAGU is Professor in the Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, the University of Michigan, and an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo. For many years he was a research scientist with the National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario. He is the editor of the Wiley Series in Advances in Environmental Science and Technology and has edited, among many other volumes, Nickel and Human Health, Arsenic in the Environment, and Thallium in the Environment. Dr. Nriagu received BSc and DSc degrees from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, an MS from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a PhD in geochemistry from the University of Toronto. He has published extensively in leading geochemical and environmental science journals and has received a number of awards for his work. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.