Edited by:

Patrick J. Sheehan, Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa

Donald R. Miller, Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa

Gordon C. Butler, Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa

Philippe Bourdeau, Directorate General for Science, Research and Development, Commission of
the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

With the editorial assistance of:

Joanne M. Ridgeway, Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa

Published on behalf of the:

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

of the

International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore

Copyright 1984: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

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Front Matter

List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction -- G.C. Butler

PART 1: Theory and Survey

Chapter 2. Chemicals in the Environment -- D.R. Miller

Chapter 3. Distinguishing Ecotoxic Effects -- D. R. Miller

Chapter 4. Effects on Individuals and Populations -- P. J. Sheehan

Chapter 5. Effects on Community and Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics -- P.J. Sheehan

Chapter 6. Functional Changes in Ecosystems -- P.J. Sheehan

Reference List for Chapters 2 to 6 -- J. M. Ridgeway

PART 2: Case Studies

Chapter 7. Introduction to Case Studies

Case 7.1. Thames Estuary: Pollution and Recovery -- M.J. Andrews

Case 7.2. Clearwater Lake: Study of an Acidified Lake Ecosystem -- P. Stokes

Case 7.3. Comparison of Gradient Studies in Heavy-Metal-Polluted Streams -- P.J. Sheehan and R.W. Winner

Case 7.4. Ecological Effects of Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba, Canada:
The Churchill-Nelson River Diversion -- R.A. Bodaly, D.M. Rosenberg, M.N. Gaboury, R.E. Hecky, R.W. Newbury, K. Patalas

Case 7.5. Accidental Oil Spills: Biological and Ecological Consequences of Accidents in French Waters on Commercially
Exploitable Living Marine Resources -- C. Maurin

Case 7.6. Impact of Airborne Metal Contamination on a Deciduous Woodland System -- M. Hutton

Case 7.7. A Case Study of the Use of Fenitrothion in New Brunswick: The Evolution of an Ordered Approach to Ecological
Monitoring -- M.F. Mitchell and J.R. Roberts

Case 7.8. Rehabilitation on Mine Tailings: A Case of Complete Ecosystem Reconstruction and Revegatation of Industrially
Stressed Lands in the Sudbury Area, Ontario, Canada -- T.H. Peters

PART 3. Conclusions

Chapter 8. Conclusions and Recommendations -- P.J. Sheehan, D.R. Miller, G.C. Butler, and P. Bourdeau

Subject Index