Fish and River Pollution

✍ Scribed by J. R. Erichsen Jones (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworth
• Year: 1964
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
ABBREVIATIONS, Page vi
PREFACE, Pages vii-viii
1 - INTRODUCTION: A BRIEF HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON FISH, Pages 1-4
2 - FISH AND OXYGEN: POLLUTION BY OXYGEN-REDUCING EFFLUENTS, Pages 5-26
3 - THE REACTIONS OF FISH TO WATER OF LOW OXYGEN CONCENTRATION, Pages 27-38
4 - THE MEASUREMENT OF TOXICITY, Pages 39-52
5 - LEAD, ZINC AND COPPER: THE ‘COAGULATION FILM ANOXIA’ THEORY, Pages 53-65
6 - THE METALS AS SALTS, Pages 66-82
7 - THE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSANTS: CYANIDES AND SULPHIDES, Pages 83-96
8 - THE INORGANIC GASES, Pages 97-106
9 - ACIDS AND ALKALIS: pH TOLERANCE LIMITS, Pages 107-117
10 - SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS AND SOAPS, Pages 118-127
11 - INSECTICIDES AND HERBICIDES, Pages 128-141
12 - PHENOL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES ASSOCIATED WITH TAR AND GAS WASTES, Pages 142-152
13 - THERMAL POLLUTION: THE EFFECT OF HEATED EFFLUENTS, Pages 153-168
14 - SUSPENDED MATTER, Pages 169-175
15 - THE TOXICITY OF COMPLEX EFFLUENTS, Pages 176-185
16 - THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON FISH EGGS, Pages 186-193
APPENDIX, Page 194
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 195-198
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 199-203