Saline Lakes: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Inland Saline Lakes, help at Nairobi, Kenya, August 1985. Ed. John M. Melack.—316 pp. Dordrecht: Dr. W. Junk Publishers 1988. ISBN 90-6193-648-9. Dfl. 275.—; US $ 136.-; £ 85.—
✍ Scribed by H. Reissig
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-2944
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✦ 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.