Dear ___,
We were recently invited to act as the editors of, and a authors of few chapters in, a book entitled
“Environment, Development and Physiology: A Synthesis” to be published by Springer.
I have in mind that each chapter of the book should deal with ___
The current list of chapters to be covered in this book includes:
I.
INTRODUCTION
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Current Trends and Perspectives in Environmental Developmental Physiology
II.
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES
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Section Introduction
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Ch 1: The Opportunities and Limitations of Laboratory versus Field Approaches
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Ch 2: Adverse Outcome Pathways and Systems Integration
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Ch 3: Multivariate Experimental Designs in Environmental Developmental Physiology
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Ch 4: Emerging Data Bases and Data Management Plans
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Ch 5: Case Study: Research Consortia and the Art of Collaboration
III.
MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS, THEIR INTERACTIONS, AND THE COMPLEX
RESPONSES THEY EVOKE
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Section Introduction
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Ch 6: Multiple Stressor Interactions
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Ch 7: Multiple System Interactions
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Ch 8: Integrated Responses from the Molecular to the Population Level
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Ch 9: Case Study: Developmental Physiology at High Altitude
IV.
PLASTICITY IN DEVELOPMENTAL TIME AND SPACE
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Section Introduction
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Ch 10: Active and Passive Responses to the Environment in Developing Animals: Costs and Benefits
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Ch 11: Epigenetics in Environmental Developmental Physiology
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Ch 12: Developmental Windows
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Ch 13: Developmental Plasticity and Heterokairy
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Ch 14: Case Study: Larval Development in Fishes.
V.
DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES
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Section Introduction
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Ch 15: The Interaction of Environment and Chronological and Developmental Time
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Ch 16: The Implications of the Ontogeny of Immunity
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Ch 17: The Impacts of Individual Fitness and Reproductive Success and Failure on
Populations
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Ch 18: The Long List of Emerging Challenges
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Ch 19: Toxicity in Aquatic Environments – The Cocktail Effect
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Ch 20: Case Study: The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill

VI.
HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS
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Section Introduction
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Ch 21: The Embryo and It’s Environment – In utero Toxicity
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Ch 22: Developmental Neurotoxicology in Children
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Ch 23: Transgenerational Transfer of the Response to Environmental Stress
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Ch 24: Case Study: Prenatal Exposure to PCBs and Dioxins
VII.
A SYNTHESIS
(Benjamin Dubansky, Warren Burggren, University of North Texas, USA)
Knowing your field of interest and scientific activities, I was thinking that you could be a very good writer of the chapter dealing with ___. Will you agree to write such a book chapter? You are of course free to invite and involve other authors to contribute to this chapter. This chapter can cover your own work, but should also cover the whole field, and include objective citation and discussions of other relevant studies.
The deadline for submission of chapters to the editor would be December 1, 2014, with submission to the publisher in early 2015. Publication of the volume will be in summer 2015.
Instructions for the preparation of manuscripts will be provided by Springer once you confirmed your participation in the project. You will receive a printed copy of the book as well as access to the electronic version of the volume for your personal use.
Please let me know if you can contribute to the requested chapter. Looking forward to hearing from you soon, and thanking you in advance
Best regards