An Introduction to Ecological Impact Assessment: Principles and Goals: -- C.W. Osenberg and R.J. Schmitt, Detecting Ecological Impacts Caused by Human Activities. -- A. Stewart-Oaten, Goals in Environmental Monitoring. -- G.P. Jones and U.L. Kaly, Criteria for Selecting Marine Organisms in Biomonitoring Studies. -- S.F. Thrush, R.D. Pridmore, and J.E. Hewitt, Impacts on Soft-Sediment Macrofauna: The Effects of Spatial Variation on Temporal Trends. -- B.D. Mapstone, Scalable Decision Criteria for Environmental Impact Assessment: Effect, Size, Type I, and Type II Errors. Improving Field Assessments of Local Impacts: Before-After-Control-Impact Designs: -- C.W. Osenberg, R.J. Schmitt, S.J.Holbrook, K.E. Abu-Saba, and A.R. Flegal, Detection of Environmental Impacts: Natural Variability, Effect Size and Power Analysis. -- A. Stewart-Oaten, Problems in the Analysis of Environmental Monitoring Data. -- J.R. Bence, A. Stewart-Oaten, and S.C. Schroeter, Estimating the Size of an Effect from Before-After-Control-Impact-Pairs Design: The Predictive Approach Applied to a Power Plant Study. -- A.J. Underwood, On Beyond BACI: Sampling Designs That Might Reliably DetectEnvironmental Disturbances. -- Extension of Local Impacts to Larger Scale Consequences: -- P.T. Raimondi and D.C. Reed, Determining the Spatial Extent of Ecological Impacts Caused by Local Anthropogenic Disturbances in Coastal Marine Habitats. -- M.J. Keough and K.P. Black, Predicting the Scale of Marine Impacts: Understanding Planktonic Links between Populations. -- M.J. Kingsford and C.A. Gray, Influence of Pollutants and Oceanography on Abundance and Deformities of Wild Fish Larvae. -- R.M. Nisbet, W.W. Murdoch, and A. Stewart-Oaten, Consequences for Adult Fish Stocks of Human-Induced Mortality on Immatures. -- The Link between Administrative Environmental Impact Studies and Well-Designed Field Assessments: -- R.J. Schmitt, C.W. Osenberg, W.J. Douros, and J. Chesson, The Art and Science of Administrative Environmental Impact Assessment. -- R.S. Carney, On the Adequacy and Improvement of Marine Benthic Pre-Impact Surveys: Examples from the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf. -- F.M. Piltz, Organization Constraits on Environmental Impact Assessment Research. -- C. Lester, Administrative, Legal, and Public Policy Constraints on Environmental Impact Assessment. -- R.F. Ambrose, R.J. Schmitt, and C.W. Osenberg, Predicted and Observed Environmental Impacts: Can We Foretell Ecological Change? -- Glossary. -- Author Index. -- Subject Index.

Detecting ecological impacts caused by human activities / Craig W. Osenberg and Russel J. Schmitt -- Goals in environmental monitoring / Allan Stwart-Oaten -- Criteria for selecting marine organisms in biomonitoring studies / Geoffrey P. Jones and Ursula L. Kaly -- Impacts on soft-sediment macrofauna: the effects of spatial variation on temporal trends / Simon F. Thrush, Richard D. Pridmore, and Judi E. Hewitt -- Scalable decision criteria for environmental impact assessment: effect size, type I, and type II errors / Bruce D. Mapstone -- Detection of environmental impacts: natural variability, effect size, and power analysis / Craig W. Osenberg, Russell J. Schmitt, etc ... -- Problems in the analysis of environmental monitoring data / Allan Stewart-Oaten.

[Con't] -- Estimating the size of an effect from a before-after-control-impact paired series design: the predictive approach applied to a power plant study / James R. Bence, Allan Stwart-Oaten, and Stephen C. Schroeter -- On beyond BACI: sampling designs that might reliably detect environmental disturbances -- Determining the spatial extent of ecological impacts caused by local anthropogenic distrubances in coastal marine habitats / Peter T. Raimondi and Daniel C. Reed -- Predicting the scale of marine impacts: understanding planktonic links between populations / Michael J. Keough and Kerry P. Black -- Influence of pollutants and oceanography on abundance and deformities of wild fish larvae / Michael J. Kingsford and Charles A. Gray -- Consequences for adult fish stocks of human-induced mortality on immatures / Roger M. Nisbet, William W. Murdoch, and Allan Stewart-Oaten -- The art and science of administrative environmental impact assessment / Russell J. Schmitt, Craig W. Osenberg, etc ... -- On the adequacy and improvement of marine benthic pre-impact surveys: examples from the Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf / Robert S. Carney -- Organizational constraints on environmental impact assessment research / Frederick M. Piltz -- Administrative, legal, and public policy constraints on environmental impact assessment / Charles Lester -- Predicted on observed environmental impacts: can we foretell ecological change? / Richard F. Ambrose, Russell J. Schmitt, and Craig W. Osenberg.