Biomonitoring of polluted water
Subtitle: reviews on actual topics
By: editor, A. Gerhardt.
Contributors: Gerhardt, A.
Series: Environmental research forum,; v. 9
Publisher: Trans Tech
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Water quality biological assessment.; Environmental monitoring.; Water -- Pollution -- Measurement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Biomonitoring for the 21st century / A. Gerhardt. Design of a national programme for monitoring and assessing the health of aquatic ecosystems, with specific reference to the South African River Health Programme / D.J. Roux; title: Selected methods: Cellular, histological and biochemical biomarkers / M. Schramm ... [et al.]. Biomonitoring with morphological deformities in aquatic organisms / L. Janssens de Bisthoven. Recent trends in online biomonitoring for water quality control / A. Gerhardt; title: Aquatic ecosystems: Groundwater biomonitoring / F. Mösslacher and J. Notenboom; title: Selected bioindicators: Protozoa in polluted water biomonitoring / J.R. Pratt and N.J. Bowers. Crustaceans as bioindicators / M. Rinderhagen, J. Ritterhoff and G.P. Zauke. Biomonitoring and ecotoxicology: fish as indicators of pollution-induced stress in aquatic systems / L. Cleveland, J.F. Fairchild and E.E. Little. Submerged bryophytes in running waters, ecological characteristics and their use in biomonitoring / H. Tremp. Biomonitoring using aquatic vegetation / M.A. Lewis and W. Wang. Use of aquatic macrophytes in monitoring and in assessment of biological integrity / P.M. Stewart, R.W. Scribailo and T.P. Simon.