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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144659103321

Titolo

Phosphorus in the environment [[electronic resource] ] : its chemistry and biochemistry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North Holland, 1978

ISBN

1-280-78369-9

9786613694089

0-470-72038-7

0-470-71807-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 57

Disciplina

574.5/2

Soggetti

Phosphorus - Environmental aspects

Phosphorus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on the Economy and Chemistry of Phosphorus held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 13-15th September, 1977"--Participants page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Phosphorus in the Environment: its chemistry and biochemistry; Contents; Phosphorus: a general introduction; Phosphorus and mankind's problems today; Discussion; World resources of phosphorus; Discussion; Some economic and technical factors affecting use of phosphate raw materials; Discussion; Modern mankind's influence on the natural cycles of phosphorus; Discussion; Phosphorus biochemistry; Discussion; The organic chemistry of phosphate transfer; Discussion; The biological importance of organophosphorus compounds containing a carbon-phosphorus bond; Discussion

Metabolic factors and the utilization of phosphorus by plants Discussion; Phosphorus cycles of forest and upland grassland ecosystems and some effects of land management practices; Discussion; Phosphorus and the eutrophication of lakes-a personal view; Discussion; The dissipation of phosphorus in sewage and sewage effluents; Discussion; Balance sheet for phosphorus in the UK; Discussion; The use of phosphate in detergents and possible replacements for phosphate; Discussion; The rationale for a ban on



detergent phosphate in the Great Lakes Basin; Discussion

Can the availability of phosphorus be critical for mankind?Discussion; Biographies of the participants; Index to contributors; Subject index