Ecotoxicology Monitoring Book

	List of Contributors
Sect. 1	Introductory Chapters
1	The Microtox Toxicity Test, A Developer's Commentary	3
2	A Review of Tests for Inhibition of Bacteria (Especially Those Agreed Internationally)	17
3	Public Sources of Data	37
4	Interpretation of GC-MS Data Derived from Environmental Samples	49
Sect. 2	Alternative Biological Tests
5	Invertebrates - Their Use in Marine and Estuarine Monitoring	59
6	Replacement of Fish in Ecotoxicology Testing: Use of Bacteria, Other Lower Organisms and Fish Cells In Vitro	71
7	Practical Laboratory Applications with Micro-Algae for Hazard Assessment of Aquatic Contaminants	83
8	Marine Toxicology - Use of Seaweeds	109
9	Biochemical Monitoring of the Aquatic Environment: Possibilities and Limitations	119
10	Biological Effects and Biomonitoring of Organochlorines and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment	137
11	The Use of Nucleic Acid Probes and Other Molecular Tools in the Functional Analysis of Microorganisms in Soil and Water	163
12	Toxicity Potential Estimation and Biochemical Monitoring of Aromatic Contaminants by the Measurement of Monooxygenase Activities in Chick Embryo Liver	173
Sect. 3	Microtox: Comparisons With Other Systems
13	The Use of Bacterial Luminescence Systems in Aquatic Toxicity Testing	185
14	Qualitative and Quantitative Relationships of Microtox Data with Toxicity Data for Other Aquatic Species	197
15	The Comparative Toxicology of the Microtox Test	213
16	Toxicity Screening of Sanitary Landfill Leachates. A Comparative Evaluation with Microtox Analysis, Chemical, and other Toxicity Screening Methods	225
17	Assessment of the Suitability of the Photobacterium phosphoreum (Microtox) Test to Provide Marine Toxicity Data for Offshore Chemical Control Schemes	251
18	Microtox and In Vitro Testing for Ocular Irritation Potential	261
Sect. 4	Regulatory Matters
19	Regulatory Status of Microtox	271
20	Regulatory Significance of Toxicological Monitoring by Summarizing Effect Parameters	273
21	Pollution, Perception, Prosecution and Proof	287
Sect. 5	Case Histories
22	The Role of Microtox in the Monitoring and Control of Effluents	309
23	The Role of Microtox in the Detection and Control of Toxic Trade Effluents and Spillages	319
24	Epilogue	335
	Glossary	345
	Index	371