"This series of papers is the result of a conference entitled aquatic pollutants and biologic effects with emphasis on neoplasia, held by the New York Academy of Sciences on September 27, 28, and 29, 1976." Includes bibliographical references.

Analysis of organic compounds in water to support health effects studies / Arthur W. Garrison -- Extraction and identification of organic micropollutants : reverse osmosis method / F.C. Kopfler [and others] -- Identification and distribution of inorganic components in water : what to measure? / Gary E. Glass -- Occurrence and fate of organic and inorganic contaminants in marine animals / K.J. Whittle [and others] -- Global distribution of carcinogenic pollutants in water / H.F. Kraybill -- Effects of microbial activity on aquatic pollutants / M.J. Voll [and others] -- Comparative metabolism of haloethers / Carl C. Smith, Robert D. Lingg and Robert G. Tardiff -- Investigation of mutagenic effects of products of ozonation reactions in water / J.A. Cotruvo, V.F. Simmon and R.J. Spanggord -- In vitro assessment and mechanism of action of environmental pollutants / R.W. Hart [and others] -- Halogenated benzenes, effect on xenobiotic metabolism and the toxicity of other chemicals / Gary P. Carlson -- Differential toxicity of chloroform in the mouse / Richard N. Hill -- Environmental significance of fin erosion in Southern California demersal fishes / Marjorie J. Sherwood and Alan J. Mearns -- Distribution of neoplasms and other diseases in marine fishes relative to the discharge of waste water / Alan J. Mearns and Marjorie J. Sherwood -- Neoplasms in estuarine mollusks and approaches to ascertain causes / C. Austin Farley -- Viruses of eels with and without stomatopapillomas / Philip E. McAllister, Toshihiko Nagabayashi and Ken Wolf -- Temperature-dependent growth and regression of epidermal tumors in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) / Gabriele Peters and Nicolaus Peters -- Environmental carcinogenesis studies in fishes of the Great Lakes of North America / R.A. Sonstegard -- Tissue lesions of tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) : relationship to sewage effluents / Francis L. Rose -- Role of the Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals in the study of environmental carcinogenesis in aquatic animals / John C. Harshbarger -- Fish disease in the Bering Sea / S.R. Wellings [and others] -- Discussion paper : enigmas of cancer in relation to neoplasms of aquatic animals / Harold L. Stewart -- Ovarian neoplasia in ornamental hybrid carp (nishikigoi) in Japan / Takatoshi Ishikawa and Shozo Takayama -- Hepatomas and other neoplasms in the Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) : a histopathologic and chemical study / Sture Falkmer [and others] -- Neoplastic disease in bivalve mollusks from Oregon estuaries with emphasis on research on proliferative disorders in Yaquina Bay oysters / Michael C. Mix [and others] -- Systematic collaborative studies on neoplasms in marine animals as related to the environment / H.F. Stich [and others] -- Neoplasms in rainbow trout, a sensitive animal model for environmental carcinogenesis / Russell O. Sinnhuber [and others] -- Neoplasia in soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) collected from oil-impacted sites / Paul P. Yevich and Carolyn A. Barszcz -- Some parasites and diseases of estuarine fishes in polluted habitats of Mississippi / Robin M. Overstreet and Harold D. Howse -- Metabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons in marine organisms / Donald C. Malins -- Interaction of chemical pollutants and virus in a crustacean : a novel bioassay system / John A. Couch and Lee Courtney -- In vitro metabolism of xenobiotics in some marine animals / John R. Bend, Margaret O. James and Patrick M. Dansette -- Prevalence of neoplasia in 10 New England populations of the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) / Robert S. Brown [and others] -- Chemical pollutants in relation to diseases in fish / Eric R. Brown [and others] -- Association of biorefractories in drinking water and body burden in people / John L. Laseter and Betty J. Dowty -- Health implications of water contaminants in man / Robert W. Miller -- International cooperation in studying the health aspects of organic contaminants in indirectly reused waste water / B.C.J. Zoeteman -- Philosophies of the Environmental Protection Agency in regulating human exposure to carcinogens / William M. Upholt -- Public health role of the Food and Drug Administration in drinking and food-processing water / Robert Angelotti -- Role of the National Cancer Institute in the National Cancer Program on environmental carcinogens / W. Gary Flamm.