Phosphorus in the environment : its chemistry and biochemistry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806165803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North Holland, 1978
• ISBN: 9786613694089; 9781280783692; 1280783699; 9780470720387; 0470720387; 9780470718070; 0470718072
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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
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