Water quality, periphyton, and invertebrates were determined for the Little Miami River above and below a municipal wastewater outfall during July-September 1984. The primary impact of the effluent on water quality was to increase nitrogen-containing compounds. Organosphosphate and chlorinated insecticides were non-detectable in any water sample and levels of potentially toxic metals were low. ...

By Xenia Field. (Max Parrish, 30s.) Mrs. Field has set herself a difficult task in attempting to describe, in a comparative. short book, the various penal institutions for women in England, their administr tion, staffing, and, hardest of all, their inmates, whose personalities and offences ^ also discussed. Her object in writing it is to plead that women, or all but a stfj minority, should be k...

Climate change is leading to phase shifts in coral reefs worldwide. In many biogeographic regions, octocorals are now becoming the most abundant benthic components, due their environmental resilience and ability rapidly colonize reef surfaces. Regeneration abilities asexual reproduction highly important for this probably contribute successful spread of certain octocorals, including invasive spe...