Water quality and stress indicators in marine and freshwater ecosystems
Subtitle: linking levels of organisation (individuals, populations, communities)
By: edited by David W. Sutcliffe.
Contributors: Sutcliffe, D. W.; Freshwater Biological Association.
Publisher: Freshwater Biological Association
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ambleside, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Marine ecology -- Congresses.; Water quality -- Congresses.; Freshwater ecology -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Invited papers from a joint associations specialised conference held at Napier University Edinburgh on 6-7 September 1993 by the Freshwater Biological Association ... and the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ... and the Scottish Association for Marine Science."
Table of contents: title: The effects of stress on benthic algal communities / E.J. Cox and T.A. Norton; title: Use of macroinvertebrate communities to detect environmental stress in running waters / J.F. Wright, M.T. Furse and P.D. Armitage; title: From the individual to the community and beyond / S.J. Hawkins, S.V. Proud, S.K. Spence and A.J. Southward; title: From organism to population / R.M. Sibly; title: The connection between single species and ecosystems / L.B. Slobodkin; title: The ecological impact of different mechanisms of chronic sub-lethal toxicity on feeding and respiratory physiology / R. Willows; title: Stress, shredders and streams / L. Maltby; title: Effects of stress on the immune system of fish / A.L. Puslford, S. Lemaire-Gony and S. Farley; title: Mussel eggs as indicators of mutagen exposure in coastal and estuarine environments / D.R. Dixon and P.L. Pascoe; title: Metallothionein as an indicator of water quality / S.G. George and W.J. Langston; title: Molecular biomarkers and toxic consequences of impact by organic pollution in aquatic organisms / D.R. Livingstone, L. Förlin and S.G. George.