Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology. Volume 245

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv A Global Overview of Exposure Levels and Biological Effects of Trace Elements in Penguins (Winfred Espejo, José E. Celis, Daniel GonzÃlez-Acuña, Andiranel Banegas, Ricardo Barra, Gustavo Chiang)....Pages 1-64 Tributyltin: Advancing the Science on Assessing Endocrine Disruption with an Unconventional Endocrine-Disrupting Compound (Laurent Lagadic, Ioanna Katsiadaki, Ron Biever, Patrick D. Guiney, Natalie Karouna-Renier, Tamar Schwarz et al.)....Pages 65-127 Oxidative Stress and Heavy Metals in Plants (Radka Fryzova, Miroslav Pohanka, Pavla Martinkova, Hana Cihlarova, Martin Brtnicky, Jan Hladky et al.)....Pages 129-156 Environmental Lead and Wild Birds: A Review (Robert J. Williams, Steven D. Holladay, Susan M. Williams, Robert M. Gogal Jr.)....Pages 157-180 Back Matter ....Pages 181-187