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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. technology comparisons, sustainability, 79-80, 81 water pollution standards, 91-92 see also Food and feed processing; Forestry and wood products Air pollution accounting methods, 66, 68, 69, 84-85, 97, 99, 101, 106, 108-109 agricultural sector, 97, 99, 101, 106, 108, 149, 150 chemical indicators, 124, 135, 151 chemicals industry, 124, 135, 151 emission control technologies, 42, 49-50, 56, 57, 146 energy requirements and, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 150 food processing, 150 forestry and wood products, 108-109, 111, 112, 149, 150 fossil fuel combustion, 146-148, 149, 151 greenhouse gases, 2, 40, 46, 58, 82, 101-102, 146 just-in-time inventory practices, 50 life-cycle analyses, 27, 36, 48, 50, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61 material metrics, 157, 158, 160, 162 metals processing, 140-141, 142 mineral fuels extraction/processing, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 150 net energy expenditure analyses, 27 stone, clay and glass industry, 145-146, 150 Ambient bioassays, 10, 199-216 chemical indicators, 203, 209, 210-211, 214 Analysis of variance methods, 205-210 (passim) Aquatic ecosystems, see Benthic communities; Bioassays; Fish and fisheries; Rivers and streams; Water pollution Automobiles, see Motor vehicles B Benthic communities, 11, 233, 261, 263, 266, 267, 270-273, 274, 278 , 280, 282 Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity, 233, 278 Best management practices, 92, 94-95, 244 Bioassays, 191-284 chemical indicators vs, 228-230, 231, 254 effluent, 3, 4, 7, 10, 199-201 fish, 11, 193, 194, 204, 211, 233, 261, 263, 266, 267, 270, 273-276, 279, 280, 282 history of, 191-192, 217, 222, 223 limitations of, 194-197, 202, 213 Tennessee Valley Authority, ecological health assessment, 11, 260-284 see also Reservoirs; Rivers and streams Biodiversity, 10, 189-284 (passim) ambient toxicity testing, 199-216 life-cycle analysis, 35, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48 multimetric biotic indices, 11, 233-234 types of, defined, 4, 7, 10, 192-193, 199-202 Biological integrity, 9, 11, 89, 92, 227-256 Clean Water Act, 227, 230, 231-232, 243 defined, 233 C Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, 147 Chalmers Institute of Technology, 35 accounting methods, 69, 89, 90-91, 102 ambient toxicity testing, 203, 209, 210-211, 214 bioassays vs, 228-230, 231, 254 effluent bioassays, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196 TVA ecological assessment program, 261, 262, 267-277, 280, 282 Chemicals industry, 123, 125-138, 151 import/export, 125, 134, 135, 169 Chemical toxins, see Agricultural chemicals; Bioassays; Toxic substances Chlorofluorocarbons, see Ozone layer Clean Water Act, 42, 90, 91, 93, 191, 193, 217, 227, 230, 231-232, 243, 260, 262 biological integrity, 227, 230, 231-232, 243 see also Federal Water Pollution Control Act Clean Water Initiative (TVA), 260 Coal mining, see Energy resource extraction and processing
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