Klavs Mudrack und Sabine Kunst: Biologie der Abwasserreinigung. 2., überarbeitete Auflage. - X/178 S., 89 Abb., 17 Tab. Stuttgart und New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag 1988. ISBN 3-437-30578-6. DM 58,—

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• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 185 KB
• Volume: 74
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-2944
• DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19890740418

✦ Synopsis

The ti,im CJf this book is to esaniiiic the great variety of methods which h a w been used to prcividc the b;wiC knowledge ahout pcstiridc impttct on strrnm faiin;t. Conseqiiently, niiirh of the discussion i n this review ccsiitres round the subjeck of cvaluat,ion, with emphasis on t,he mcthocts reported in the voluminoirs litera8ture, whereby basic figures 1i;ive been obtained for the first time.

Tlirre aspects of pest,icide contiLminat,iori are dealt with: Firstly thc origin of the pollutants is consirlored. Secondly follows a cunsidernt~ion of laboratory cvalimtion techniqties, ;tnd t,hirdly tlic author looks i n detail at a ~elect)iou of case studies in which the effect,s of ;L lot of widc4y u s t d pesticides on specific invertebrates in streams a.re analysetl.

111 the discussion both t,he cons~dcrittioii of 1abor;Ltory er;tluatiori a.nd field evalii;ttion ;\s well as t,he app1ic:rbility of laboratory evduation data are of great importance. A11 enornious i i i i m t i c . r of rcferrncm (more tlrnii 460) is used i n the discussion. The review is of grriit interest.