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Environmental Bioassay Techniques and their Application

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference held in Lancaster, England, 11–14 July 1988

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. M. Munawar
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  2. G. Dixon
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  3. C. I. Mayfield
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  4. T. Reynoldson
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  5. M. H. Sadar
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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 54)

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Table of contents (67 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Keynote, Plenary and Conceptual Papers

    1. International Conference on Environmental Bioassay Techniques and their Application

      • Hugh Fish
      Pages 1-3

    2. The scientific basis of bioassays

      • John Cairns Jr., James R. Pratt
      Pages 5-20

    3. Recent developments in and intercomparisons of acute and chronic bioassays and bioindicators

      • John P. Giesy, Robert L. Graney
      Pages 21-60

    4. The choice and implementation of environmental bioassays

      • P. Calow
      Pages 61-64

    5. The application of bioassays in the resolution of environmental problems; past, present and future

      • L. Maltby, P. Calow
      Pages 65-76

    6. The application of bioassay techniques to water pollution problems — The United Kingdom experience

      • D. W. Mackay, P. J. Holmes, C. J. Redshaw
      Pages 77-86

    7. The use of environmental assays for impact assessment

      • Donald C. Malins
      Pages 87-91

    8. Probing ecosystem health: a multi-disciplinary and multi-trophic assay strategy

      • M. Munawar, I. F. Munawar, C. I. Mayfield, L. H. McCarthy
      Pages 93-115

    9. Functional bioassays utilizing zooplankton: a comparison

      • Donald C. McNaught
      Pages 117-121

    10. A holistic approach to ecosystem health assessment using fish population characteristics

      • Kelly R. Munkittrick, D. George Dixon
      Pages 123-135

    11. Environmental impact assessment: the growing importance of science in government decision making

      • Raymond M. Robinson
      Pages 137-142

  3. Bacteria, Protozoa, Phytoplankton and Plants

    1. The role of microbial metal resistance and detoxification mechanisms in environmental bioassay research

      • J. T. Trevors
      Pages 143-147

    2. Performances of three bacterial assays in toxicity assessment

      • C. Reteuna, P. Vasseur, R. Cabridenc
      Pages 149-153

    3. Luminescent bacteria toxicity assay in the study of mercury speciation

      • J. M. Ribo, J. E. Yang, P. M. Huang
      Pages 155-162

    4. Is the ‘microbial loop’ an early warning indicator of anthropogenic stress?

      • M. Munawar, T. Weisse
      Pages 163-174

    5. On the accuracy and interpretation of growth curves of planktonic algae

      • Gerda Bolier, Marcel Donze
      Pages 175-179

    6. A bioassay using the measurement of the growth inhibition of a ciliate protozoan: Colpidium campylum Stokes

      • D. Dive, S. Robert, E. Angrand, C. Bel, H. Bonnemain, L. Brun et al.
      Pages 181-188

    7. The application of algal growth potential tests (AGP) to the canals and lakes of western Netherlands

      • S. P. Klapwijk, G. Bolier, J. van der Does
      Pages 189-199

    8. A study of phosphate limitation in Lake Maarsseveen: phosphate uptake kinetics versus bioassays

      • E. Van Donk, L. R. Mur, J. Ringelberg
      Pages 201-209
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Bioassay Techniques and their Application

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference held in Lancaster, England, 11–14 July 1988

  • Editors: M. Munawar, G. Dixon, C. I. Mayfield, T. Reynoldson, M. H. Sadar

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1896-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0498-2Published: 31 January 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7346-2Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1896-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 680

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecology

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