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Autore |
Smol J. P (John P.) |
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Titolo |
Pollution of lakes and rivers : a paleoenvironmental perspective / / John P. Smol |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-11632-0 |
9786612116322 |
1-4443-0757-6 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lakes |
Rivers |
Paleolimnology |
Sediments (Geology) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-361) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface to the second edition; About the author; 1 There is no substitute for water; 2 How long is long?; 3 Sediments: an ecosystem's memory; 4 Retrieving the sedimentary archive and establishing the geochronological clock: collecting and dating sediment cores; 5 Reading the records stored in sediments: the present is a key to the past; 6 The paleolimnologist's Rosetta Stone: calibrating indicators to environmental variables using surface-sediment training sets; 7 Acidification: finding the "smoking gun"; 8 Metals, technological development, and the environment |
9 Persistent organic pollutants: industrially synthesized chemicals "hopping" across the planet10 Mercury - "the metal that slipped away"; 11 Eutrophication: the environmental consequences of over-fertilization; 12 Erosion: tracking the accelerated movement of material from land to water; 13 Species invasions, biomanipulations, and extirpations; 14 Greenhouse gas emissions and a changing atmosphere: tracking the effects of climatic change on water resources; 15 Ozone depletion, acid rain, and climatic warming: the problems of multiple stressors; 16 New problems, new challenges |
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17 Paleolimnology: a window on the past, a key to our futureGlossary; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Now in its second edition, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers provides essential insights into present-day water quality problems from an international perspective. Explains simply and effectively how lake sediments can be used to reconstruct pollution historyIncludes over 200 additional references and a new chapter on recent climatic change and its effects on water quality and quantityTackles present-day water quality problems from an international perspectivePreviously published by Hodder Arnold PowerPoint slides of the artwork from the book a |
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