Contents: Mathematical modeling as a framework for coastal monitoring; Problems in measuring turbidity as a water quality parameter; Surface slick sampling and analysis; A systems approach to marine pollution monitoring; Methods and problems in analysis of pesticides in the estuarine environment; Biological problems in estuarine monitoring; Determination of metals in sea water; Summary of recent studies on biological effects of crude oils and oil-dispersant mixtures to the Red Sea; Absorption of orthophosphates on borosilicate and 'citrate of magnesia bottles' polyethylene and polyvinyl surfaces in a distilled water and seawater matrix; Development of a standard marine algal assay procedure of nutrient assessment; Monitoring seawater for radionuclides; Methods for monitoring radioactivity in aquatic biota; The properties and composition of sludges; Making Artemia sludge bioassay more ecologically relevant; Monitoring dredge spoils; Comparison of species diversity and faunal homogeneity indices as criteria of change in biological communities; Sampling methods for microbiological analyses; Microbiological methods for monitoring marine waters for possible health effects; A survey of methods for monitoring ecologically important microorganisms in the marine environment; Monitoring systems and their users: is there a relationship.

Sponsored by Office of Monitoring Systems, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "October 1974." Prepared under program element 1HA326, ROAP/Task - PEMP/2. Includes bibliographical references.