This manual is a reference and guide for engineers, managers, administrators, and others responsible for maintaining favorable water quality as part of industrial operations.It is designed to examine effects of changes in water temperature upon fish life and upon small bottom-living organisms that are important in the food economy of fish.The abstracted information is divided into the following categories: effects of exposure; compound stress effects; effects on feeding and growth; effects on reproduction and development; effects on movement and activity; and environmental conditions.

"This work has been carried out under Contract no. PG 49.2072 between the Institute of Cooperative Research of the Johns Hopkins University and the Edison Electric Institute." Bibliography: p. 71-99.