Heavy Metals in Aquatic Ecosystems

Sources, Transport, and Mitigation

Ravindra Kumar Gautam, Subhash Chandra, Radha Rani

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040435533
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Chemie

Heavy metals are hazardous environmental pollutants and are becoming one of the most serious environmental problems because of their persistence, toxicity, non-biodegradability, and ability to be incorporated into the food chain. This book provides state-of-the-art techniques and technologies for the assessment and remediation of heavy metal ions from aquatic ecosystems. It discusses sources, fate, transport, health risk assessment, and remediation of heavy metals and the current methods for source identification and tracking, including the use of stable isotopes, fingerprinting techniques, and advancements in molecular biology for environmental monitoring.

Features

• Provides state-of-the-art techniques and technologies for assessment and remediation of heavy metal ions from the aquatic ecosystem.
• Covers up-to-date information on heavy metals pollution in the freshwater ecosystems, rivers, and lakes.
• Discusses the hazardous impacts of heavy metals on various ecosystems including human health, and remediation technologies.
• Explains the toxicity of arsenic and mercury in the food and crop ecosystems.
• Offers in-depth exploration of recent technological advancements in environmental monitoring, especially in relation to toxic elements in aquatic ecosystems.

This book serves as an excellent reference for both professionals and students and is the first of its kind to highlight the toxicity of heavy metals. Researchers, post-graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in environmental science and engineering, soil and water sciences, biotechnology, and chemical engineering, as well as environmental and technical engineers, ecologists, and applied environmental scientists and managers, will benefit from the extensive coverage given in this book.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Editors
• List of Contributors
• Chapter 1 Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Ecosystem: Sources, Transport, Toxicity Mechanism, and Mitigation Strategies
• Chapter 2 Source of Heavy Metals in the Ecosystem
• Chapter 3 Sources, Fate, and Transport of Heavy Metals in the Ecosystem
• Chapter 4 Heavy Metal Contaminants in Groundwater and Its Impact on Biodiversity
• Chapter 5 Environmental Factors Affecting Toxicity of Heavy Metals
• Chapter 6 Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Ecosystem
• Chapter 7 Heavy Metals Effect on Photosynthesis in the Plants
• Chapter 8 Heavy Metal Effect on Physiological Processes, Photosynthesis, and Plant Metabolism
• Chapter 9 Mercury Pollution of Ponds, Rivers, and Lakes
• Chapter 10 Mercury Toxicity: Impacts on Ecosystems and Mitigation Strategies
• Chapter 11 Toxic Effects of Arsenic on Human Health and the Cellular Uptake Mechanism
• Chapter 12 Arsenic Exposure on the Organ System of Human Beings and the Toxic Effects on Health
• Chapter 13 Toxic Effects of Arsenic on Plants and Their Mechanism of Action
• Chapter 14 Toxic Effects of Arsenic on C3 and C4 Plants in the Crop Ecosystem
• Chapter 15 A Comprehensive Review of Occurrences, Causes, and Health Effects of Arsenic in the Groundwater of India
• Chapter 16 Toxicity of Arsenic on Edible Crops
• Chapter 17 Mitigating Heavy Metals Toxicity: Sources, Pathways, and the Ecological Impact
• Chapter 18 Chromium (VI) Contamination and Its Microbial Remediation in the Saline Environment
• Index