Book Description

How the trophic status of a community can alter the bioavailability and toxic effects of contaminants; Use of Vollenweider-OECD modeling to evaluate aquatic ecosystem functioning; Chemically induced community responses in a compartmentalized microcosm assessed by multidimensional state space transitions; Microbial enzyme activities, potential use for monitoring decomposition processes; Use of microbial colonization parameters as a measure of functional response in aquatic ecosystems; A rapid bioassay using the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum to screen for toxicity in St. Lawrence River sediment elutriates; Effects of complex effluents on photosynthesis in Lake Erie and Lake Huron; State changes in laboratory microecosystems in response to chemicals from three structural groups; An in situ system for evaluating effects of toxicants on the metabolism of littoral communities; Environmental chemicals and biomembranes, kinetics of uptake and influence on membrane functions; Developing a portable automated biomonitoring system for aquatic hazard evaluation; Effects of complex effluents from the river raisin on zooplankton grazing in Lake Erie; Fish behavioral assessment of pollutants; Use of freshwater macroinvertebrates microcosms in the impact evaluation of toxic wastes; Pollution induced community tolerance, a new ecotoxicological tool.