1. Environmental benchmarks vs. ecological benchmarks for assessment and monitoring in Canada: Is there a difference?

   • Yolanda F. Wiersma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9

2. Trace metals: Inputs, sedimentation and accumulation in San Vicente Bay, Chile

   • R. Ahumada
   • J. Vargas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 22

3. Prediction of extreme ozone levels in Barcelona, Spain

   • Aurelio Tobías
   • Manuel G. Scotto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 32

4. Meteorological normalisation and non-parametric smoothing for quality assessment and trend analysis of tropospheric ozone data

   • C. Libiseller
   • A. Grimvall
   • H. Saari

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 52

5. Enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in cooling tower water systems

   • Irfan Türetgen
   • Esra Ilhan Sungur
   • Aysin Cotuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 58

6. The prevalence of bacterial resistance in clinical, food, water and some environmental samples in Southwest Nigeria

   • A. Lateef
   • J. K. Oloke
   • E. B. Gueguimkana

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 69

7. Distribution of heavy metals in Penaeus Semisulcatus from Persian Gulf and possible role of metallothionein in their redistribution during storage

   • N. Pourang
   • J. H. Dennis
   • H. Ghourchian

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 88

8. Trace elements accumulation in edible tissues of five sturgeon species from the Caspian Sea

   • N. Pourang
   • S. Tanabe
   • J. H. Dennis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 108

9. Eight nonnative plants in western Oregon forests: Associations with environment and management

   • Andrew N. Gray

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 127

10. The condition of coral reefs in South Florida (2000) using coral disease and bleaching as indicators

    • Deborah L. Santavy
    • J. Kevin Summers
    • Linda C. Harwell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 152

11. The performance evaluation of WinOSPM model for urban street canyons of Nantes in France

    • Sharad B. Gokhale
    • Arnaud Rebours
    • Michel Pavageau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 176

12. Nutrient transfer by runoff from sewage sludge amended soil under simulated rainfall

    • Renaud Quilbé
    • Christophe Serreau
    • Jean-Paul Oudinet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 190

13. Sequential fractionation of phosphorus in lake sediments of Northern Greece

    • K. Fytianos
    • A. Kotzakioti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 200

14. Air monitoring of persistent organic pollutants in the Great Lakes: IADN vs. AEOLOS

    • Matt F. Simcik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 216

15. Aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of Kaohsiung Harbour and adjacent coast, Taiwan

    • Chon-Lin Lee
    • Ming-Tsuen Hsieh
    • Meng-Der Fang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 234

16. Comparison of data from two vegetation monitoring methods in semi-natural grasslands

    • A. Lisa M. Carlsson
    • Jenny Bergfur
    • Per Milberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 248

17. Evaluation of air pollution phytotoxicity downwind of a phosphate fertilizer factory in India

    • J. Pandey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 266

18. Combined use of rapid bioassessment protocols and sediment quality triad to assess stream quality

    • Parley V. Winger
    • Peter J. Lasier
    • Kurt J. Bogenrieder

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 295

19. Erratum

    • S. McCready
    • G. Spyrakis
    • E. R. Long

    Erratum Pages: 297 - 298