SCOPE 12

G. C. Butler - Director, National Research Council, Division of Biological Sciences, Ottawa, Canada

Published on behalf of the:

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

of the

International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto,

Copyright 1978: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

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Title Pages
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction

SECTION I. ENVIRONMENTAL BAHAVIOUR OF POLLUTANTS

1. General considerations - D. R. Miller
2. Abiotic processes - F. Korte
3. Biotic processes - W. Klein and I. Scheunert
4. Models for total transport - D. R. Miller
5. Estimation of doses and integrated doses - G.C. Butler

SECTION II: THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DOSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS

6. The statistical analysis of dose-effect relationships - C.C. Brown

SECTION III. EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS RELATED TO ECOTOXICOLOGY

7. General aspects of toxicology - A. Jernelov, K. Beijer, and L. Soderlund
8. Terrestrial animals - F. Moriarty
9. Aquatic animals - P.D. Anderson and S. d'Apollonia
10. Terestrial plants and plant communities - M. Treshow
11. Ecotoxicology of aquatic plant communities - C. Hunding and R. Lange
12. Toxic effects of pollutants on plankton - G.E. Walsh
13. Toxic effects of pollutants on microorganisms - R.R. Colwell
14. Physical and chemical changes in the environment with indirect biological effects - R.E. Munn

SECTION IV: ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE TO POLLUTION

15. Ecosystem response to pollution - P. Bourdeau and M. Treshow

SECTION V: CONCLUSIONS

16. Conclusions - G.C. Butler

Index