Research Catalog

Title

Biological problems in water pollution. Transactions of the second seminar on biological problems in water pollution, held April 20-24, 1959, at Cincinnati, Ohio, under the sponsorship of the Water Supply and Water Pollution Research Program. Compiled by C. M. Tarzwell.

Author

Seminar on Biological Problems in Water Pollution (2nd. : 1959 : Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincinnati)

Publication

Cincinnati, 1960.

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Additional Authors

• Tarzwell, Clarence M. (Clarence Matthew), 1907-1993.
• Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center

Description

285 p. illus.; 28 cm.

Subject

Water > Pollution

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Effects of the discharge of radioactive materials on aquatic life. Radiobiological studies at the Eniwetok test site and adjacent areas of the Western Pacific / Lauren R. Donaldson ; Accumulation of radioactive pollutants by marine organisms and its relation to fisheries / Walter A. Chipman ; The significance of the uptake of radioisotopes by fresh-water fishes / Richard F. Foster ; Investigation of the effects of radioactive material on aquatic life in Canada / Ivan L. Ophel ; Problems related to disposal of radioactive wastes in estuarine and coastal waters / D. W. Pritchard ; Pollution problems created by power reactors and other uses of atomic energy / Conrad P. Straub ; Panel summary / Lauren R. Donaldson --^
• Effects of pesticides on aquatic life. A conservationist's views on the new insecticides / Clarence C. Cottam ; What are the side effects of the imported fire ant control program? / I. B. Byrd ; Are the insecticides required for insect control hazardous to aquatic life? / Clarence H. Hoffman ; Effects of forest insect spraying on trout and aquatic insects in some Montana streams / Richard J. Graham ; Aerial forest spraying in Canada in relation to effects on aquatic life / F. E. Webb ; Effects on young salmon of forest spraying with DDT / C. J. Kerswill, P. F. Elson, M. H. A. Keenleyside, and J. B. Sprague ; The retention of DDT by trout and whitefish / Oliver B. Cope ; The toxicity of organic phosphorus and chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides to fish / Croswell Henderson, Q. H. Pickering, and C. M. Tarzwell ; Some effects of pesticides on marine arthropods and mollusks / Victor L. Loosanoff ; The toxicity of organic insecticides to Daphnia / Bertil G.^
• Anderson ; Toxicity of various herbicidal materials to fishes / Carl E. Bond, Robert H. Lewis and John L. Fryer ; Panel summary / Clarnece C. Cottam -- Environmental requirements for aquatic life. The oxygen requirements of fish / F. E. J. Fry ; Thermal requirements of fish = three decades of study, 1940-1970 / J. R. Brett ; Settleable solids, turbidity, and light penetration as factors affecting water quality / Alfred F. Bartsch ; Environmental requirements of oysters in relation to pollution / Paul S. Galtsoff --^
• Practical application of biological findings in pollution abatement. A conservationist's views on the practical application of biological findings / Ernest Swift ; What does the sanitary engineer expect of the biologist in the solution of water pollution problems? / Erman A. Pearson ; The use of bioassays by the water pollution control agency / G. E. Burdick ; What does industry expect of the biologist and how can his findings be applied to industrial waste problems? / Harry W. Gehm ; Application of biological findings to water pollution problems in Louisiana / K. E. Biglane ; Biological aspects of industrial waste problems / Charles E. Renn --^
• Marine and estuarine pollution problems. Effects of pulp and paper mill wastes on the marine environment / Michael Waldichuk ; Marine pollution problems in the Southern California area / Claude E. ZoBell ; Pollution problems along the Gulf Coast / Gordon Gunter ; Ecological effects of sewage pollution in Biscayne Bay, Florida : distribution of coliform bacteria, chemical nutrients, and volumes of zooplankton / J. Kneeland McNulty, Ernest S. Reynolds, and Sigmund M. Miller ; Some aspects of pollution, parasitism, and inlet restriction in three New Jersey estuaries / Thurlow C. Nelson ; Marine pollution problems in the North Atlanta area / Bostwick H. Ketchum ; Panel summary / Thurlow C. Nelson ; An administrator looks at the pollution problem / Seth Gordon ; Research for the establishment of water quality criteria for aquatic life / Clarence Cottam and Clarence M. Tarzwell ; Summary of second seminar on biological problems in water pollution / Ernest Swift --^
• Informal group discussions. Biological indicators of organic enrichment in fresh water / A. R. Gaufin ; Biological indicators of organic enrichment in marine habitats / J. L. Mohr ; Advanced specialized technical training in pollution biology / H. W. Jackson ; Identification of toxicants by physiological responses of fishes / Charles M. Weiss ; Pollution control by chemicals and some resulting problems / Frank. F. Hooper ; Bioassay procedures, aims, and equipment / Croswell Henderson ; How should we determine dissolved oxygen criteria for fresh water fishes? / Peter Doudoroff ; The problem of nuisance growths due to organic enrichment / H. Heukelekian ; The significance of periphyton on natural and artificial substrates / George H. Lauff ; The pulp and paper mill waste problem / Hayse H. Black ; Compositioin of sulfite waste liquor / E. F. Eldridge ; The conversion of spent sulfite liquor into useful products / Bernard F.^
• Lueck ; Effective methods for collecting and recording data from water pollution surveys / William Marcus Ingram ; Graphic presentation of biological data for water pollution survey reports / William Marcus Ingram and Alfred F. Bartsch ; Effective methods for collecting and recording data from water pollution surveys / Eugene W. Sarber ; Biological stream survey data / Charles B. Wurtz ; How can the biologist best function in water pollution surveys? / Carlos M. Fetterolf ; The effects of erosion silt and other inert materials on aquatic life / John Wilson ; Herbicides / Charles R. Walker -- Oil refinery waste problems / Robert A. Lafleur. Refinery waste problems / Robert A. Lafleur ; Toxicity bioassay of oil refinery effluents in Oklahoma / Troy C. Dorris, William Gould, and Charles R. Jenkins.

OCLC

• 6872316
• SCSB-10421979

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