This book 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.
* Color illustrations of aquatic life and oceanic phenomena such as hurricanes and algal blooms
* Numerous case studies
* Socio-economic and Ethical Analyses place the science in a broader context
* Study questions for each chapter to assist students and instructors
* Risks and remedies sections to help define course modules for instruction
1. Introduction to D. Infectious Microbes in Coastal Waters 2. Chapter 17: Waterborne Diseases and Microbial Quality Monitoring for Recreational Water Bodies Using Regulatory Methods 3. Chapter 18: Foodborne Infectious Diseases and Monitoring of Marine Food Resources 4. Chapter 19: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring Recreational Waters for Bacteria and Viruses 5. Chapter 20: Future of Microbial Ocean Water Quality Monitoring 6. Chapter 21: Marine Remedies 7. SECTION II: REMEDIES 8. A.: Pharmaceuticals and Other Natural Products 9. Chapter 22: Anticancer Drugs of Marine Origin 10. Chapter 23: Discovering Anti-infectives from the Sea 11. Chapter 24: Marine Proteins 12. Chapter 25: Novel Pain Therapies from Marine Toxins 13. Chapter 26: Emerging Marine Biotechnologies: Cloning of Marine Biosynthetic Gene Clusters 14. B.: Aquatic Animal Models of Human Health 15. Chapter 27: Aquatic Animal Models of Human Health 16. Chapter 28: Aquatic Animal Neurophysiological Models 17. Chapter 29: Toadfish as Biomedical Models 18. Chapter 30: Lower Deuterostomes as Models of the Developmental Process 19. Chapter 31: The Zebrafish, Danio Rerio, as a Model Organism for Biomedical Research 20. Chapter 32: Carcinogenesis Models: Focus on Xiphophorus and Rainbow Trout 21. Chapter 33: New Approaches for Cell and Animal Preservation: Lessons from Aquatic Organisms 22. Index
This book 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.
* Color illustrations of aquatic life and oceanic phenomena such as hurricanes and algal blooms
* Numerous case studies
* Socio-economic and Ethical Analyses place the science in a broader context
* Study questions for each chapter to assist students and instructors
* Risks and remedies sections to help define course modules for instruction
1. Introduction to D. Infectious Microbes in Coastal Waters 2. Chapter 17: Waterborne Diseases and Microbial Quality Monitoring for Recreational Water Bodies Using Regulatory Methods 3. Chapter 18: Foodborne Infectious Diseases and Monitoring of Marine Food Resources 4. Chapter 19: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring Recreational Waters for Bacteria and Viruses 5. Chapter 20: Future of Microbial Ocean Water Quality Monitoring 6. Chapter 21: Marine Remedies 7. SECTION II: REMEDIES 8. A.: Pharmaceuticals and Other Natural Products 9. Chapter 22: Anticancer Drugs of Marine Origin 10. Chapter 23: Discovering Anti-infectives from the Sea 11. Chapter 24: Marine Proteins 12. Chapter 25: Novel Pain Therapies from Marine Toxins 13. Chapter 26: Emerging Marine Biotechnologies: Cloning of Marine Biosynthetic Gene Clusters 14. B.: Aquatic Animal Models of Human Health 15. Chapter 27: Aquatic Animal Models of Human Health 16. Chapter 28: Aquatic Animal Neurophysiological Models 17. Chapter 29: Toadfish as Biomedical Models 18. Chapter 30: Lower Deuterostomes as Models of the Developmental Process 19. Chapter 31: The Zebrafish, Danio Rerio, as a Model Organism for Biomedical Research 20. Chapter 32: Carcinogenesis Models: Focus on Xiphophorus and Rainbow Trout 21. Chapter 33: New Approaches for Cell and Animal Preservation: Lessons from Aquatic Organisms 22. Index
