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STP528
Biological Methods for the Assessment of Water Quality

Cairns J, Dickson KL
Pages: 265
Published: 1973

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The Symposium on Biological Methods for the Assessment of Water Quality was presented at the Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of ASTM held in Los Angeles, Calif., 26-29 June 1972. The symposium was sponsored by Committee D19 on Water, and was designed to form Subcommittee D19.01 on Biological Monitoring. John Cairns, Jr. and K. L. Dickson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, presided as cochairmen.



Table of Contents

Introduction
Cairns J., Dickson K.

Interaction of Engineers and Biologists in Water Quality Management
Eckenfelder W.

The ABC's of Pollutant Bioassay Using Fish
Sprague J.

Mixing Zone Concepts
Fetterolf C.

Biological Monitoring of the Aquatic Environment
Weber C.

Bacteria and the Assessment of Water Quality
Bott T.

Use of Algae, Especially Diatoms, in the Assessment of Water Quality
Patrick R.

Use of Aquatic Invertebrates in the Assessment of Water Quality
Gaufin A.

Continuous-Flow Bioassays with Aquatic Organisms: Procedures and Applications
Brungs W.

A Tentative Proposal for a Rapid In-Plant Biological Monitoring System
Cairns J., Sparks R., Waller W.

Rapid Biological Monitoring System for Determining Aquatic Community Structure in Receiving Systems
Cairns J., Dickson K., Lanza G.

Use of Toxicity Tests with Fish in Water Pollution Control
Mount D., Stephan C.

Assessment of Fish Flesh Tainting Substances
Thomas N.

Use of Histologic and Histochemical Assessments in the Prognosis of the Effects of Aquatic Pollutants
Hinton D., Kendall M., Silver B.

Stabilization Oxygen Demand
Stack V.

Microbiological Inhibition Testing Procedure
Marks P.

Use of Artificial Substrate Samplers to Assess Water Pollution
Appleby A., Beak T., Griffing T.

Mobile Bioassay Laboratories
Gerhold R.

Committee: D19
Paper ID: STP528-EB
DOI: 10.1520/STP528-EB
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4626-6

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