Eutrophication - a Review
Author : Kenton M. Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Eutrophication
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Author : Kenton M. Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Eutrophication
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Author : Alfred Frank Bartsch
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 13,65 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Eutrophication
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 1969
Category :
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Author : Abid A. Ansari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2010-10-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9048196256
Eutrophication continues to be a major global challenge to water quality scientists. The global demand on water resources due to population increases, economic development, and emerging energy development schemes has created new environmental challenges to global sustainability. Eutrophication, causes, consequences, and control provides a current account of many important aspects of the processes of natural and accelerated eutrophication in major aquatic ecosystems around the world. The connections between accelerated eutrophication and climate change, chemical contamination of surface waters, and major environmental and ecological impacts on aquatic ecosystems are discussed. Water quality changes typical of eutrophication events in major climate zones including temperate, tropical, subtropical, and arid regions are included along with current approaches to treat and control increased eutrophication around the world. The book provides many useful new insights to address the challenges of global increases in eutrophication and the increasing threats to biodiversity and water quality.
Author : Kenneth R. Hinga
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Coastal ecology
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Author : Craig W. Dye
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Aquatic plants
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2000-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309069483
Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in toxic algal blooms, shellfish poisoning, coral reef destruction, and other harmful outcomes. All U.S. coasts show signs of nutrient over-enrichment, and scientists predict worsening problems in the years ahead. Clean Coastal Waters explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enrichment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and communication. Highlighting the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone," the Pfiesteria outbreak in a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and other cases, the book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible. Economic as well as ecological impacts are examined. In addressing abatement strategies, the committee discusses the importance of monitoring sites, developing useful models of over-enrichment, and setting water quality goals. The book also reviews voluntary programs, mandatory controls, tax incentives, and other policy options for reducing the flow of nutrients from agricultural operations and other sources.
Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : Sold by OECD Publications and Information Center]
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Author : Bo Barker Jørgensen
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,83 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Lars Bengtsson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 954 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402056161
Lakes and reservoirs hold about 90% of the world's surface fresh water, but overuse, water withdrawal and pollution of these bodies puts some one billion people at risk. The Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs reviews the physical, chemical and ecological characteristics of lakes and reservoirs, and describes their uses and environmental state trends in different parts of the world. Superbly illustrated throughout, it includes some 200 entries in a range of topics, including acidification, artificialisation, canals, climate change effects, dams, dew ponds, drainage, eutrofication, evaporation, fisheries, hydro-electric power, nutrients, organic pollution, paleolimnology, reservoir capacities and depths, sedimentation, water resources and more.