Rather than a loosely connected list of facts/topics, this book addresses virtually every field that involves the use of developing animals in environmental science. In doing so, it will help define the scientific collective within these fields to both those readers who are "outside" of a particular field (students and professionals alike) and those who work within said field, where multiple iterations of the same job description exist.  Both the content and choice of authors fully support this goal, as the editors and contributing authors represent contemporary thought and experimentation in their respective fields - ranging from developmental physiology through environmental toxicology to medicine.  As such, this work will appeal to a broad audience, including any scientist or trainee interested in the nexus of environment, development and physiology.

Introduction

Current Trends and Perspectives in Environmental Developmental Physiology
Experimental Approaches
Section Introduction
The Opportunities and Limitations of Laboratory versus Field Approaches
Adverse Outcome Pathways and Systems Integration
Multivariate Experimental Designs in Environmental Developmental Physiology
Emerging Data Bases and Data Management Plans
Case Study: Research Consortia and the Art of Collaboration
Multiple environmental stressors, their interactions and the complex responses they evoke
Section Introduction
Multiple Stressor Interactions
Multiple System Interactions
Integrated Responses from the Molecular to the Population Level
Case Study: Developmental Physiology at High Altitude
Plasticity in developmental time and space
Section Introduction
Active and Passive Responses to the Environment in Developing Animals: Costs and Benefits
Epigenetics in Environmental Developmental Physiology
Developmental Windows
Developmental Plasticity and Heterokairy
Case Study: Larval Development in Fishes.