Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 280 Seiten, Gewicht: 820 g
Reihe: Developments in Hydrobiology
Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Aberystwyth, Wales -- 1984
Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 280 Seiten, Gewicht: 820 g
Reihe: Developments in Hydrobiology
ISBN: 978-90-6193-639-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
- Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction: Problems with In-Place Pollutants.- One: Processes Involved In Transfer and Cycling of Contaminants.- 1. The physics of sediment transport, resuspension and deposition.- 2. Sediments as a source for contaminants?.- 3. Biological processes involved in the cycling of elements between soil or sediments and the aqueous environment.- 4. Partitioning of trace metals in sediments: relationships with bioavailability.- Two: Impacts of Sediment Mediated Contaminants.- 5. Interactions between sediment contaminants and benthic organisms.- 6. Sediment-associated contaminants and liver diseases in bottom-dwelling fish.- 7. The human population — an ultimate receptor for aquatic contaminants.- Three: Methods of Assessing Bioavailability and Impact Assessment.- 8. The use of bioassay and associated tests in dredged material and disposal management.- 9. Phytoplankton bioassays for evaluating toxicity of in situ sediment contaminants.- 10. Assessing the bioaccumulation of contaminants from sediments by fish and other aquatic organisms.- 11. In-situ contaminants and environmental assessment — an ecological summary.- Four: The Social Implications and Context.- 12. Introduction. The social context: an overview.- 13. The social and human relevance of in situ sediments.- 14. Assessment of socio-economic ramifications.- 15. Perceptions, paradigms and ethics: a perspective on the social context of environmental issues.- 16. The leading question: in-situ structures of thought?.- Five: Case Studies.- 17. Accelerating recovery of the mercury-contaminated Wabigoon/English River System.- 18. Contaminated sediments in the Elbe Estuary: Ecological and economic problems for the port of Hamburg.- 19. A case study: Bay of Pozzuoli, Gulf of Naples.- 20. Consequences of environmentalcontamination by lead mining in Wales.- Six: Remedial Options.- 21. Sediment — associated contaminants — an overview of scientific bases for developing remedial options.- 22. A protocol for the selection of remedial options to control in situ sediment contaminants.- 23. Summary.- 24. Recommendations.