Water Pollution

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The book explores the impact of technological advancements and the industrial revolution on environmental pollution, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. It examines how biota respond to pollution at various organizational levels, from suborganismal to ecosystem levels. The text emphasizes the significance of measuring pollutant levels in organisms to assess ecosystem health, highlighting biotic indices for population changes and species diversity indices for community alterations. The decline in species diversity serves as a key indicator of pollution's effects on community structure.