Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Overview: Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition -- Net Energy Expenditure: A Method for Assessing the Environmental Impact of Technologies -- Life-Cycle Analysis: The Role of Evaluation and Strategy -- Defining the Environmentally Responsible Facility* -- Measuring Pollution-Prevention Performance -- Accounting for Natural Resources in Income and Productivity Measurements -- Environmental Performance Standards for Farming and Ranching -- Use of Materials Balances to Estimate Aggregate Waste Generation in the United States -- National Material Metrics for Industrial Ecology* -- Information for Managers -- Environmental Measures: Developing an Environmental Decision-Support Structure -- A Critique of Effluent Bioassays -- Insights from Ambient Toxicity Testing -- Measuring Environmental Performance through Comprehensive River Studies -- Biological Criteria for Water Resource Management -- TVA's Approach to Ecological Health Assessment in Streams and Reservoirs -- Biographical Data -- Index.