Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microorganisms as Simple Ecotoxicological Bioindicators / N. Balicka and T. Wegrzyn -- Bacteriological Survey of Domestic Sewage / M. Bianchi and M. Gauthier -- Cell Biology Techniques for the Detection of Toxic and Mutagenic Substances / A. K. Sharma -- Leaf Yeast Survey for Air Pollution Monitoring / P. Dowding -- Principles and Methods of Soil Algae Use for Bioindication of Soil Pollution / E. A. Shtina and M. F. Dorochova -- Use of Imposex in Marine Gastropods as an Indicator of Tributyltin (TBT) Contamination / G. M. Hughes -- Soil Animals as Biomonitors of the Quality of Woodland Environment / A. Lesniak -- Zoocenotic Characteristics in Monitoring the Effect of Pollution in Terrestrial Ecosystems / L. I. Khotko and T. I. Artemieva -- Laboratory Culture of Gammarus pulex as a Test Organism for the Assessment of Pollutant Toxicity / C. P. McCahon and D. Pascoe -- In situ Assessment of Effluent Toxicity Using Fish and Invertebrates / D. Pascoe and C. P. McCahon.

Approaches to the Methodology of Using Ecosystem Components as Bioindicators of Radioactive Pollution / D. A. Krivolutsky, A. D. Pokarzhevskij and V. L. Usachev -- The Utilization of Epigeic Invertebrate Communities as Bioindicators of Terrestrial Environmental Quality / V. Ruzicka and J. Bohac -- An Approach to Biomonitoring the Industrial Pollution of the Landscape using the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) / F. Sedlacek and V. Bejcek -- Effect of Detergents on Adrenergic Control of Blood Flow Through Isolated Perfused Fish Gills / C. L. Bolis and P. Canciglia -- Quantitative Assessment of Gill Damage Using Relative Morphometric Diffusing Capacity / G. M. Hughes -- Recording of Heart and Ventilatory Rhythms in Fishes / G. M. Hughes -- Alterations in Growth, Reproduction, and Energy Metabolism of Estuarine Crustaceans as Indicators of Pollutant Stress / C. L. McKenney, Jr. -- A Fish Model as an Indicator for Teratogenic Substances / D. P. Middaugh and M. J. Hemmer.

Enzymatic Determinations as Tools for the Detection of Water Pollution in Fishes / J. Nemcsok -- Peroxidase Activity in Macrophytes as a Marker of Aquatic Pollution / S. Roy and O. Hanninen -- Mussel Behaviour in the Indication of Water Pollution / J. Salanki -- Methods for Investigating Membrane Effects of Pollutants in Excitable Cells / K. S.-Rozsa -- Cytochrome P450 Induction: Ethoxyresorufin O-Deethylase Activity (EROD) in Monitoring Environmental Quality / J. J. Stegeman and P. Lindstrom-Seppa -- A Simple Biological Index Procedure for Describing and Comparing Estuarine Quality / D. Jeffrey -- A Rapid Behavioural Bioassay Based upon the Disruption of Precopula in Gammarus pulex (L.) / D. Pascoe and M. J. Poulton -- A Chronic Toxicity Test Using Growth of the Insect Chironomus riparius (Meigen) / E. J. Taylor, S. J. Maund and D. Pascoe -- Monitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution with Freshwater Invertebrates / M. Yasuno and S. Hatakeyama.

Use of Chironomids as an Indicator of the Environmental State / M. Yasuno and T. Iwakuma.