1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465431703321

Titolo

Estuaries [[electronic resource] ] : types, movement patterns and climatical impacts / / editors, Julian R. Crane and Ashton E. Solomon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-61122-492-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

Environmental science, engineering and technology series

Altri autori (Persone)

CraneJulian R

SolomonAshton E

Disciplina

551.46/18

Soggetti

Estuaries

Estuarine ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""ESTUARIES: TYPES, MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND CLIMATICAL IMPACTS ""; ""ESTUARIES: TYPES, MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND CLIMATICAL IMPACTS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING OF TEMPORARILY OPEN/CLOSED ESTUARIES IN SOUTH AFRICA ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1. HYDRODYNAMICS & SEDIMENTOLOGY ""; ""1.1. Catchment Processes ""; ""1.2. Coastal Processes ""; ""1.3. Estuarine Processes ""; ""2. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT ""; ""2.1 Temperature ""; ""2.2 Salinity ""; ""2.3 Irradiance ""; ""2.4 Dissolved Oxygen ""; ""2.5 Inorganic Nutrients ""; ""3. PRIMARY PRODUCERS ""

""3.1 Phytoplankton """"3.2 Microphytobenthos ""; ""3.3 Macrophytes ""; ""4. CONSUMERS & TOP PREDATORS ""; ""4.1 Zooplankton ""; ""4.2 Meiofauna ""; ""4.3 Macrobenthos  ""; ""4.4 Fish  ""; ""4.5 Birds ""; ""5. THE FUTURE OF TOCES ""; ""5.1 Catchment and Flow Management ""; ""5.2 Artificial Breaching ""; ""5.3 Flood Plain Encroachment ""; ""5.4 Sand Mining Operations ""; ""5.5 Exploitation of Bioresources and Recreational Activities ""; ""5.6 Cultural Eutrophication ""; ""5.7 Climate Change Impacts ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""PALEOECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DIATOMS IN ARGENTINEAN ESTUARIES: WHAT DO THEY TELL US ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?""""



ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""DO ESTUARINE DIATOMS RELIABLY REFLECT ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS? ""; ""HOW MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS OF ESTUARINE DIATOMS DO WE HAVE? ""; ""Rio De La Plata Estuary ""; ""Mar Chiquita Coastal Lagoon ""; ""Quequen Grande Estuary ""; ""Quequen Salado Estuary ""; ""Baha Blanca Estuary ""; ""Estuaries from Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego ""

""HOW CAN RESEARCHERS IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF DIATOM-BASED PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INFERENCES IN COASTAL SETTINGS OF ARGENTINA? """"CONCLUSIONS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""APPENDIX I ""; ""APPENDIX II ""; ""ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS IN A PROTECTED ESTUARY (AMVRAKIKOS GULF, GREECE): BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND CONTAMINANT LEVELS IN SENTINEL SPECIES   ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""AREA DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND ""; ""MATERIALS AND METHODS ""; ""Sampling ""; ""ANALYTICAL METHODS ""; ""Condition Index""; ""Chemical Analyses  ""; ""Chlorinated compounds ""; ""Heavy metals ""

""Biomarkers """"Scope for growth ""; ""Acetylcholinesterase ""; ""Metallothionein""; ""Glutathione peroxidase ""; ""Microtox Bioassay ""; ""Statistical Analysis ""; ""RESULTS""; ""Condition Index ""; ""Contaminant Levels in the Mussel Tissues ""; ""Chlorinated compounds ""; ""Heavy metals ""; ""Biomarkers ""; ""SFG ""; ""Microtox Bioassay ""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""SANTOS AND SÃO VICENTE ESTUARINE SYSTEM: CONTAMINATION BY CHLOROPHENOLS, ANAEROBIC DIVERSITY OF DEGRADERS UNDER METHANOGENIC CONDITION AND POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR EX-SITU BIOREMEDIATION IN ANAEROBIC REACTOR   ""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784783203321

Autore

Dover Robert <1977->

Titolo

Europeanization of British defence policy / / Robert Dover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hampshire, England, : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2007

ISBN

1-315-58105-1

1-317-13918-6

1-317-13917-8

1-281-09907-4

9786611099077

0-7546-8621-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

355/.033041

Soggetti

National security - Europe

Great Britain Military policy

Europe Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Framework, Sources and Approach; 2 Domestic Policy Formulation: Pörtschach and Saint Malo; 3 Intergovernmental Bargains: Concepts and Preparations; 4 Saint Malo and Nice: The Machinery of Negotiating; 5 Why Governments Transfer Sovereignty: Formal Europeanization; 6 The Iraq War - The Problem of National Interests for Europeanization; 7 The Europeanization of the Arms Trade; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With particular reference to the development and negotiation of the European Security and Defence Policy, arms trade policy and the decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, this book provides a strong contemporaneous account of the processes within Europeanization.