Pollution of lakes and rivers : a paleoenvironmental perspective / / John P. Smol
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.739/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Lakes |
| Rivers | |
| Paleolimnology | |
| Sediments (Geology) | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-361) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| 17 Paleolimnology: a window on the past, a key to our futureGlossary; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pollution of lakes and rivers |
| ISBN: | 1-282-11632-0 |
| 9786612116322 | |
| 1-4443-0757-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825791803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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