... related to the operations of a petroleum refinery: water pollution, air pollution, and noise pollution. The structure adopted in the systematic exposition of these different pollution types typically begins with the sources and characteristics of the pollutants and the consequences or effects...

... with and without toxicants. The MEA method detects sublethal indications of toxicant stress and can be correlated with other parameters commonly used to monitor ecosystem function. hazard evaluation microbial enzymes microbial enzyme activity subsurface soil bacteria sediment bacteria water pollution...

... enzymes sediment bacteria water pollution effluent impact impact assessments stream toxicity G. Allen Burton, Jr.' Stream Impact Assessments Using Sediment IVIicrobial Activity Tests REFERENCE: Burton, G. A., "Stream Impact Assessments Using Sediment Microbiai Activity Tests," Chemical...

... stainless steels, fluoroelastomers, and other fluorinated plastics. samplers sampling ground water water wells water pollution organic wastes hazardous materials organic compounds volatility James H. Ficken^ Recent Development of Downhole Water Samplers for Trace Organics REFERENCE: Ficken...

... The problem of toxic waste disposal is one which has global implications regarding the preservation of the integrity of the environment. Concomitantly, it has become increasingly obvious that, because of the economics of water pollution control, biological treatment processes will be expected...

... the laboratory and field toxicity tests can have good environmental applicability. tests environmental tests field tests test equipment toxicity water pollution benthos aquatic animals aquatic toxicology community structure Marlin E. Tagatz^ Some Methods for Measuring Effects of Toxicants...

... to aquatic organisms or that pose a human health hazard. Biological monitoring early warning systems can complement, but not replace, existing physico-chemical water quality monitors. water quality aquatic biology water pollution monitoring biomonitoring toxicity aquatic toxicology William H...

.... water pollution mutagenicity Salmonella (Ames) mutagenicity test identification bioconcentration biliary excretion aquatic toxicology Coen F. van Kreijl,' Dick de Zwart, ^ and Wilbert Slooff^ Bioconcentration, Detoxification, and Excretion of IVIutagenic River Pollutants in Fish Bile...

... and complex nature of typical sediments requires careful pretesting before accurate activity assays can be run. microbial enzymes sediment bacteria water pollution microbial activity microbial biomass sediment toxicants arsenic G. A. Burton, Jr.,l and G. R. Lanza1 Sediment Microbial Activity...

.... An experimental design procedure using this test and the statistical power-sample size tradeoff is also described. biostatistics bioassay toxicity test data analysis water pollution P. D. Mowery,lJ. A. Fava,2 andL. W. Claflin3 A Statistical Test Procedure for Effluent Toxicity Screening REFERENCE...

.... water pollution hazard risk fish toxicity ecosystems populations acute chronic water quality tests models chemical fate G. W. SuterllM. W. Barnthouse,1 J. E. Breck,1 R. H. Gardner,1 andR. V. O'Neill1 Extrapolating from the Laboratory to the Field: How Uncertain Are You? REFERENCE: Suter...

... bioaccumulation toxicity water pollution water quality criteria Charles E. Stephan Are the "Guidelines for Deriving Numerical National Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life and Its Uses" Based on Sound Judgments? REFERENCE: Stephan, C. E., "Are the 'Guidelines for Deriving Numerical...

... water pollution contaminants Lawrence A. Burns' Models for Predicting the Fate of Synthetic Chemicals in Aquatic Ecosystems REFERENCES: Bums, L A . , "Models for Predicting the Fate of Synthetic Chemicals in Aquatic Ecosystems," Validation and Predictability of Laboratory Methods for Assessing...

... acid precipitation. slags slag disposal wastes chromium chromium steels chromium oxides chromates leaching water pollution precipitation (meteorology) acidity hazardous wastes industrial wastes Howard W. Kilau^ andIshwarlalD. Shah^ Chromium-Bearing Waste Slag: Evaluation...

... conditions. This need for uniformity has been recognized internationally for several years. dispersant oil spill methods pollution surfactants toxicology water pollution Peter G. Wells, J. W. Anderson, and D. Mackay Uniform Methods for Exposure Regimes in Aquatic Toxicology Experiments...

... fishes oils pollution review surfactants toxicology water pollution zooplankton Peter G. Wells The Toxicity of Oil Spill Dispersants to Marine Organisms: A Current Perspective REFERENCE: Wells, P. G., "The Toxicity of Oil Spill Dispersants to Marine Organisms: A Current Perspective," in Oil...

..., or to predict actual effects. When appropriate test parameters are chosen, the response of laboratory organisms is a reasonable index of the response of naturally occurring organisms. bioassay water pollution fishes aquatic biology aquatic toxicology hazard assessment Gary A. Chapman^ Do Organisms...

..., the biomonitoring system's sensitivity is apparent in detecting low-level effects of a heavy metal on this aquatic invertebrate. water quality water pollution biomonitoring chromium behavior Chironomidae Chironomus tentans aquatic toxicology hazard assessment Zenaida Batac-Catalan^ and David S...

... effect or another but on a combination of all severe adverse effects, such as death, immobilization, and loss of equilibrium. aquatic toxicology water pollution toxicity test water analysis aquatic toxicity acute toxicity hazard assessment C. E. Stephan^ Increasing the Usefulness of Acute...

.... The substrate particle size was less important than the organic content in determining HCBP availability to the amphipods. water pollution polychlorinated biphenyl aquatic toxicology desorption invertebrates contaminant availability hazard assessment T. R. Lynch^ and H. E. Johnson^ Availability...