Includes bibliographical references and index.

Freshwater bivalve ecotoxicology / John H. Van Hassel, Jerry L. Farris -- A review of the use of unionid mussels as biological indicators of ecosystem health / John H. Van Hassel, Jerry L. Farris -- A brief look at freshwater mussel (unionacea) biology / G. Thomas Watters -- Propagation and culture of freshwater mussels / Christi D. Bishop, Robert Hudson, Jerry L. Farris -- Laboratory toxicity testing with fresh water mussels / Christopher G. Ingersoll [and others] -- In situ toxicity testing of unionids / Mindy Yeager Armstead, Jessica L. Yeager -- Unionid mussel sensitivity to environmental contaminants / Anne Keller, Mike Lydy, D. Shane Ruessler -- Toxicokinetics of environmental contaminants in freshwater bivalves / Waverly A. Thorsen, W. Gregory Cope, Damian Shea -- Linking bioaccumulation and biological effects to chemicals in water and sediment: a conceptual framework for freshwater bivalve ecotoxicology / Michael H. Salazr, Sandra M. Salazar -- Biomarker responses of unionid mussels to environmental contaminants / Teresa J. Newton, W. Gregory Cope -- Case study: comparison of Asian clam (corbicula fluminea) in situ testing to several nontarget test organism reponses to biocidal dosing at a nuclear power plant / Donald S. Cherry, David J. Soucek -- Case study: discrimination of factors affecting unionid mussel distribution in the Clinch River, Virginia, U.S.A. / John H. Van Hassel -- Case study: impact of partially treated mine water on an Ohio River (U.S.A.) mussel bed -- use of multiple lines of evidence in impact analysis / Heidi L. Dunn, Jerry L. Farris, John H. Van Hassel -- Case study: sensitivity of mussel glochidia and regulatory test organisms to mercury and a reference toxicant / Theodore W. Valenti [and others].