03543nam 2200649 a 450 991082579180332120230721005055.01-282-11632-097866121163221-4443-0757-6(CKB)1000000000719865(EBL)428187(OCoLC)476272945(SSID)ssj0000364519(PQKBManifestationID)11315106(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364519(PQKBWorkID)10399024(PQKB)11062770(MiAaPQ)EBC428187(Au-PeEL)EBL428187(CaPaEBR)ebr10345821(CaONFJC)MIL211632(EXLCZ)99100000000071986520070420d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPollution of lakes and rivers a paleoenvironmental perspective /John P. Smol2nd ed.Malden, MA Blackwell Pub.20081 online resource (400 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-5913-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-361) and index.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 environment9 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 challenges17 Paleolimnology: a window on the past, a key to our futureGlossary; References; IndexNow 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 aLakesRiversPaleolimnologySediments (Geology)Lakes.Rivers.Paleolimnology.Sediments (Geology)363.739/4Smol J. P(John P.)771804MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825791803321Pollution of lakes and rivers1575268UNINA