Contributing Authors

Foreword

Preface

1. Genetics and Ecotoxicology--Insights from the Interface

Valery E. Forbes

2. The Evolution of Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants: Adaptations, Limits, and Costs

A. Jonathan Shaw

3. Mercury Tolerance, Population Effects, and Population Genetics in the Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus

Judith S. Weis

Nicolay Mugue

Peddrick Weis

4. Chemical-Induced Changes in the Genetic Structure of Populations: Effects on Allozymes

Robert B. Gillespie

Sheldon I. Guttman

5. Adaptation to Metals in the Midge Chironomus riparius: A Case Study in the River Dommel

Jaap F. Postma

Dick Groenendijk

6. The Influence of Contamination Complexity on Adaptation to Environmental Contaminants

Paul L. Klerks

7. Natural Selection in Contaminated Environments: A Case Study Using RAPD Genotypes

Christopher W. Theodorakis

Lee R. Shugart

8. Structural Damage to DNA in Response to Toxicant Exposure

Lee R. Shugart

9. Toxicity and Sexual Reproduction in Rotifers: Reduced Resting Egg Production and Heterozygosity Loss

Terry W. Snell

Manuel Serra

Maria Jose Carmona

10. The Influence of Reproductive Mode and Its Genetic Consequences on the Responses of Populations to Toxicants: A Case Study

Valery E. Forbes

Vibeke Moller

Robert A. Browne

Michael H. Depledge

11. Genetic Variation in the Response of Daphnia to Toxic Substances: Implications for Risk Assessment

Donald J. Baird

Carlos Barata

Index