Selenium Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems

A Guide for Hazard Evaluation and Water Quality Criteria
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-4612-6549-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 283 g

Reihe: Springer Series on Environmental Management

Selenium is a naturally occurring trace element that can become concentrated and released by industrial, agricultural, petrochemical and mining activities. At concentrated levels it is toxic and has polluted ecosystems around the world. This book will serve as a comprehensive practical handbook for everyone dealing with selenium in aquatic environments. It offers field-tested approaches and methods for assessment and water quality management. Using his twenty-year experience, the author discusses the effects of selenium on fish and bird populations and presents guidelines for identifying sources of pollution, interpreting selenium concentrations, assessing hazardous conditions, setting water quality criteria and ecosystem loading limits (TMDLs). He also includes a procedure for setting environmentally safe limits that ensure compliance with EPA regulations.
Selenium Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems will interest field scientists, natural resource managers, risk assessors and environmental planners.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lemly, A. Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I. Selenium Sources, Concentrations, and Biological Effects.- 1. Selenium Pollution Around the World.- 2. Interpreting Selenium Concentrations.- 3. Toxic Effects of Selenium in Fish.- Section II. Techniques for Evaluating Hazard.- 4. Protocol for Aquatic Hazard Assessment.- 5. Teratogenic Deformity Index for Fish.- Section III. Applying Hazard Evaluation to Water Quality Criteria.- 6. Hydrological Units and Selenium Criteria.- 7. Developing Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria.- 8. Setting Ecosystem Loading Limits.- Section IV. Outlook for the Future.- 9. Emerging Selenium Contamination Issues.- Index Section I.