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Biochemical ecology is here presented only in the context of water
pollution. This is not to minimize the importance of land animals
and plants in their environment or the significance of air
pollution as it relates to ecology. It merely indicates that water
pollution is a problem of sufficiently broad magnitude to warrant
consideration by itself. Water pollution is a problem which
requires the attention of a variety of disciplines. The
presentation tends therefore to follow the problem ap proach, as do
most interdisciplinary topics. An appreciation of various
viewpoints is needed among chemists, ecologists, economists,
engineers, lawyers, limnologists, managers, microbiologists, and
politicians, whose communications are often "hung up" in each
other's jargon. Perhaps the presentation is too elementary at
times. This was done in an attempt to bridge the diverse
backgrounds of those concerned with the subject. It is hoped that
engineers, economists, biologists, public servants, and others will
gain a greater appreciation of the interrelationship of gross
observations and biological events that occur at the cellular and
molecular level. Lack of such understanding is, to a large extent,
the reason for our present environmental condition. At other times
the presentation is perhaps too technical. This was done on the
assumption that some information on chemical details may not be
readily available but is desirable for an "in depth" appreciation
of the biochemical events encountered in water pollu tion."
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