This book is a practical handbook for everyone dealing with selenium in aquatic environments. It offers field-tested approaches and methods for assessment and water quality management. Using his twenty- year experience, the author discusses the effects of selenium on fish and bird populations and presents guidelines for interpreting selenium concentrations, assessing hazards, setting water quality criteria and implementing monitoring practices. Selenium Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems will interest field scientists, natural resource managers, risk assessors and environmental planners.

Inhalt
Section I. Selenium Sources, Concentrations, and Biological Effects.- 1. Selenium Pollution Around the World.- 2. Interpreting Selenium Concentrations.- 3. Toxic Effects of Selenium in Fish.- Section II. Techniques for Evaluating Hazard.- 4. Protocol for Aquatic Hazard Assessment.- 5. Teratogenic Deformity Index for Fish.- Section III. Applying Hazard Evaluation to Water Quality Criteria.- 6. Hydrological Units and Selenium Criteria.- 7. Developing Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria.- 8. Setting Ecosystem Loading Limits.- Section IV. Outlook for the Future.- 9. Emerging Selenium Contamination Issues.- Index Section I.