Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neoplastic and inflammatory liver diseases of white suckers as environmental quality indicators / M. Anthony Hayes and Gordon M. Kirby -- The Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes): an in vivo model for assessing the impacts of aquatic contaminants on the reproductive success of fish / C.D. Metcalfe, M.A. Gray, and Y. Kiparissis -- Assessment of the impact of environmental mutagens and genotoxins : an overview / B. Kent Burnison and Salem S. Rao -- Characteristics of EROD induction associated with exposure to pulp mill effluent / K.R. Munkittrick [and others] -- EROD induction in fish : a tool to measure environmental exposure / Joanne L. Parrott, Richard Chong-Kit, and David A. Rokosh -- Vitellogenin induction in fish as an indicator of exposure to environmental estrogens / J. Sherry [and others] -- Ecotoxicological assessment of Japanese industrial effluents using a battery of small-scale toxicity tests / Takashi Kusui and Christian Blaise -- Bioremediation of freshwater sediments contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons / Alan G. Seech and Jack T. Trevors. "There has been considerable emphasis in environmental toxicology on the need for effective tools to realistically evaluate the harmful effects of complex hazardous environmental contaminants, emerging from industrial activity, on aquatic biota." "Assessment of Hazardous Aquatic Contaminants presents current information on the application of leading-edge technology in environmental toxicology for realistic assessment of aquatic contaminants' impact."--Jacket.