PART I: OVERVIEW.

1. Introduction.

2. Mixed Liquor Biota Food Chain.

3. Samples.

4. Safety.

PART II: MICROSCOPY.

5. Rationale for Microscopy.

6. The Microscope.

7. Microscopic Measurements.

8. The Stereoscopic Binocular Microscope.

9. Equipment and Supplies.

10. Wet Mounts and Smears.

11. Staining Techniques.

PART III: THE BULK SOLUTION.

12. Dispersed Growth.

13. Particulate Material.

14. Spirochetes.

PART IV: FLOC PARTICLES AND FOAM.

15. Floc Particles.

16. Tetrads.

17. Zoogloeal Growth.

18. Foam.

PART V: PROTOZOA.

19. Protozoa.

20. Relative Predominance of Bacteria and Protozoa.

PART VI: ROTIFERS.

21. Rotifers.

PART VII: WORMS AND WORM-LIKE ORGANISMS.

22. Free-living Nematodes.

23. Gastrotriches.

24. Water Bears.

25. Bristleworms.

26. Bloodworms.

27. Sludge worms.

PART VIII: CRUSTACEANS.

28. Copepods and Cyclops.

29. Water Fleas.

30. Ostracoda.

PART IX: FILAMENTOUS ORGANISMS.

31. Filamentous Organisms.

PART X: ALGAE AND FUNGI.

32. Algae.

33. Fungi.

PART XI: COLLECTION, EVALUATION AND PRESENTATION OF OBSERVATIONS.

34. Microscopic Set-up and Rating Tables.

35. Worksheets.

36. Report of Microscopic Examination.

References.

Abbreviations and Acronyms.

Chemical Compounds.

Glossary.

Index.