Eutrophication of Fresh Waters

David A. T. Harper (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

1991
Chapman and Hall (Verlag)
978-0-412-32970-8 (ISBN)

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Eutrophication - the enrichment of waters by plant nutrients - is a problem throughout the world. This work explains the causes and effects of eutrophication and examines the management options available for waterways and lakes.

Eutrophication - the enrichment of waters by plant nutrients - is a problem throughout the world. Human settlements, effluents and agricultural activities all produce nitrogen and phosphorous in excess of natural background levels stimulating plant growth. This in turn causes major problems in waterbodies, such as blocking vital waterways, making water harder to treat for drinking supplies, decreasing oxygen levels making fish stocks harder to support (and in some cases killing the entire fauna), and reducing the value of water for amenity value. This book explains in clear language the causes and effects of eutrophication and examines in detail the management options available for waterways and lakes.

What is eutrophication?; the nutrients causing eutrophication, and their sources; the bio-chemical manifestations of eutrophication; the biological effects of eutrophication; the engineering, economic and social effects of eutrophication; prediction and modelling of the causes and effects of euthrophication; the reduction of causes and the management of effects of eutrophication; the Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom - the restoration of shallow eutrophic lakes, Geoffrey Phillips.

Zusatzinfo	index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	570 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-412-32970-0 / 0412329700
ISBN-13	978-0-412-32970-8 / 9780412329708
Zustand	Neuware