CONTENTS 



Foreword iv 



Preface v 



Introduction vi 



Figures vi i 



Tables x 



Acknowledgements xii 



1. Permissible Pollution Levels of Water Bodies 



N.S. Stroganov 1 



2. A Brief History of Water Pollution Research in the 

 United States 



Clarence M. Tarzwell 11 



3. Characteristics of the Moscow River Water Quality According 

 to Hydrobiological Indices 



V.A. Abakumov and G.L. Margolina 32 



4. Endpoints in Bioassay 



Lloyd L. Smith, Jr 36 



5. Physiological-Biochemical Aspects of Water Toxicology 



V.I. Lukyanenko 47 



6. Bioenergetic and Other Considerations Important in the 

 Study of Water Quality Influences on Fish Growth 



Peter Doudoroff 55 



7. Monitoring the Condition of Flowing Waters by Biological 

 Organisms 



Ruth Patrick 68 



8. The Role of Algae in the Pollution of Reservoirs and 

 Problems of Controlling their Numbers 



V.6. Khobot'ev 82 



9. Eutrophication in the United States: Past-Present-Future 



A.F. Barsch, K.W. Malueg, C.F. Powers, and T.E. Maloney . . 87 



10. Determining Threshold and Biologically Dangerous Concentra- 

 tions of Blue-Green Algae in Water Bodies 



L.A. Sirenko, A. Ya. Malyarevskaya, and T.I. Birger .... 105 



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