Environmental Biology for Engineers and Scientists (Vaccari/Environmental Biology for Engineers and Scientists) || Perspectives on Biology

✍ Scribed by Vaccari, David A.; Strom, Peter F.; Alleman, James E.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 125 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0471722391
• DOI: 10.1002/0471741795.ch1

✦ Synopsis

Introducing Environmental Engineers And Scientists (chemists, Physicists, Geologists, Environmental Planners, Etc.) To Biology, Environmental Biology For Engineers And Scientists Covers A Far Wider Range Of Biology Than Has Historically Been Taught To Environmental Engineers And Offers A Way To Train Future Environmental Engineers. Perspectives On Biology -- Biology As A Whole -- The Substances Of Life -- The Cell : The Common Denominator Of Living Things -- Energy And Metabolism -- Genetics -- The Plants -- The Animals -- The Human Animal -- Microbial Groups -- Quantifying Microorganisms And Their Activity -- Effect Of Microbes On Human Health -- Microbial Transformations -- Ecology : The Global View Of Life -- Ecosystems And Applications -- Biological Applications For Environmental Control -- The Science Of Poisons -- Fate And Transport Of Toxins -- Dose-response Relationships -- Field And Laboratory Toxicology -- Toxicity Of Specific Substances -- Applications Of Toxicology. David A. Vaccari, Peter F. Strom, James E. Alleman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.