Oceans and Human Health
Risks and Remedies from the Seas

Patrick J. Walsh (Edited by), Sharon Smith (Edited by), Lora Fleming (Edited by), Helena Solo-Gabriele (Edited by), William H. Gerwick (Edited by)

9780123725844, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 21 April 2008

672 pages
27.8 x 21.5 x 3.6 cm, 1.94 kg

Oceans and Human Health highlights an unprecedented collaboration of environmental scientists, ecologists and physicians working together on this important new discipline, to the benefit of human health and ocean environmental integrity alike. Oceanography, toxicology, natural products chemistry, environmental microbiology, comparative animal physiology, epidemiology and public health are all long established areas of research in their own right and all contribute data and expertise to an integrated understanding of the ways in which ocean biology and chemistry affect human health for better or worse. This book introduces this topic to researchers and advanced students interested in this emerging field, enabling them to see how their research fits into the broader interactions between the aquatic environment and human health.

Globalization and global ocean change: an overview of influences on human health
Background oceanography
Managing public health risks: role of integrated ocean observing systems (IOOS)
Climate and human health: physics, policy and possibilities
Hurricanes
Tsunamis
Oceans and human health: human dimensions
Background toxicology
Organic pollutants: presence and effects in humans and marine animals
Metals: ocean ecosystems and human health
The fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment
Exposure and effects of seafood-borne contaminants in maritime populations
Epidemiologic tools for investigating the effects of oceans on public health
Toxic diatoms
Toxic dinoflagellates
Ciguatera fish poisoning: a synopsis from ecology to toxicity
Cyanobacteria
Pfiesteria
Media coverage of environmental health issues: where morality, science, and the news reflect and depend on fundamental philosophical perspectives
Waterborne diseases and microbial quality monitoring for recreational water bodies using regulatory methods
Food-borne infectious diseases and monitoring of marine food resources
Emerging technologies for monitoring recreational waters for bacteria and viruses
Future of microbial ocean water quality monitoring
Anticancer drugs of marine origin
Discovering anti-infectives from the sea
Marine proteins
Novel pain therapies from marine toxins
Emerging marine biotechnologies – cloning of marine biosynthetic gene clusters
Aquatic animal models of human health
Aquatic animal neurophysiological models
Toadfish as biomedical models
Lower deuterostomes as models of the developmental process
The zebrafish, DANIO RERIO, as a model organism for biomedical research
Carcinogenesis models: focus on xiphophorus and rainbow trout
New approaches for cell and animal preservation: Lessons from aquatic organisms

Subject Areas: Popular medicine & health [VFD], Agriculture & farming [TV], Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Applied ecology [RNC], The environment [RN], Marine biology [PSPM], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF], Environmental factors [MBNH2], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN]