food chain

Are our Foods Dangerous?
Sixty keys to understanding our food
P. Feillet
Edition 2012

Should pesticides and additives be banned? Do GMO threaten the biodiversity? What should we think of organic foods? Will we be able to feed the world in 2050? Are biofuels leading us to famine? Sixty questions for which the author gives you the key to understanding the "food system" better - starting in the fields and ending in our bodies.

For Sustainable Food
Strategic thinking duALIne
N. Bricas, M. Russel, C. Esnouf
Edition 2011

INRA and CIRAD have summarised the strategic thinking for sustainable food in developed and developing countries.  The convening of public and private players and of researchers has produced an inventory of knowledge on the key points in food, in relation to its impacts on the environment, health, the economy and society, in a context of global change.

8 - Metal contamination
J. Chiffoleau
Edition 2007

Final receptacle of waters originating from a highly urbanised and industrialised drainage basin, the Seine Estuary is contaminated to a large extent by some trace metals.

7.Biological Heritage and Food Chains
J. Dauvin
Edition 2007

In the future, global management of the Seine estuary will be required to ensure the biological compartments current level of functioning and to propose measures for rehabilitation of migrating fish.

7 - Patrimoine biologique et chaînes alimentaires
J. Dauvin
Edition 2002

In the Seine estuary, intertidal mudflats have been greatly reduced (< 30 km²) following channel management of the Seine river from Poses, in the upper part, to the sea. There are great differences between the biological compartments, ranging from ...

8 - la contamination métallique
J. Chiffoleau
Edition 2001

Final receptacle of waters originating from a highly urbanised and industrialised drainage basin, the Seine Estuary is contaminated to a large extent by some trace metals. These contaminants reach the estuary mainly associated with the suspended ...

Toxines d'algues dans l'alimentation

J. Frémy, P. Lassus
Edition 2001 During the last years, considerable efforts were produced on the study of algal toxins, due to recent increases of toxins number, algal vectors and impacted geographical areas. Whatever the biotope type (fresh or marine waters) and despite wide ...

Guide illustré de l'écologie
M. Dupuis-Tate, B. Fischesser
Edition 1995

Originally designed for professionals in the field of nature conservation, the aim of this guide is to make existing scientific knowledge about ecology available to all those who are interested in and who love nature. Ecology, a branch of biology ...