Phosphorus in the environment : its chemistry and biochemistry
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| Titolo: |
Phosphorus in the environment : its chemistry and biochemistry
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North Holland, 1978 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 574.5/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Phosphorus - Environmental aspects |
| Phosphorus | |
| 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Phosphorus in the environment |
| ISBN: | 9786613694089 |
| 9781280783692 | |
| 1280783699 | |
| 9780470720387 | |
| 0470720387 | |
| 9780470718070 | |
| 0470718072 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806165803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 57.