Biochemical Ecology of Water Pollution
Biochemical ecology is here presented only in the context of water pollution. This is not to minimize the importance of land animals and plants in their environment or the significance of air pollution as it relates to ecology. It merely indicates that water pollution is a problem of sufficiently br...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1972, 1972
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1972 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I The water pollution problem
- 1. Significance of Pollution
- 2. Pollutional Concerns, Causes, and Concepts
- 3. Water in Perspective to Population and Pollution
- II Biochemical Considerations
- 4. Biochemical Aspects of Water Pollution
- 5. Ecological Concepts
- 6. Water, Its Properties, Biochemistry, and Biological Implications
- 7. Degradation of Organic Pollutants
- 8. Hydrocarbon Oxidation
- 9. Recalcitrant Molecules
- 10. Cycling of Nutrients
- III Major ecological Problems
- 11. Biochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage
- 12. Pollution and Accelerated Eutrophication of Lake
- References