Expanded Second Edition of 'Pollution of Lakes and Rivers
Posted on: Friday, 1 February 2008, 09:00 CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c81449) has announced the addition of Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective to their offering.
Water is an essential life resource, yet the pollution of lakes and rivers has become an international problem, reaching crisis proportions in many regions. As demands on aquatic resources escalate, we must find new approaches to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now in its second edition, "Pollution of Lakes and Rivers" addresses many of our present-day water quality problems from an international perspective, covering critical issues such as acidification, eutrophication, land-use changes, pollution by metals and other contaminants, climatic change, and biodiversity losses. It demonstrates how paleolimnological approaches can be used to interpret the physical, chemical, and biological information stored in lake and river sediments, and how this information is integral to identifying key environmental stressors and setting targets for mitigation purposes. The expanded second edition includes over 250 additional references and a new chapter on recent climatic change and its effects on water quality and quantity. This comprehensive, up-to-date volume provides essential insights into a multi-disciplinary science aimed at tackling some of the most urgent environmental problems of modern times.
Content Outline: 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 planet 10 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 future Glossary References Index
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Source: Business Wire
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