Stream Ecology and Self Purification: An Introduction, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Frank R. Spellman (Author); Joanne Drinan (Author)

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2001
Leaves: 279
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This new edition of a very successful standard reference is expanded and fully reworked. The book explains and quantifies the processes whereby streams cleanse themselves, reducing their pollutant load as a natural process. Mechanisms of purification in running waters have always been critical with regard to clearly identified pollution sources. Th

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction. Stream Genesis And Structure. Biogeochemical Cycles. Energy Flow in the Ecosystem. Population Ecology. Stream Water. Freshwater Ecology. Stream Ecology. Benthic Macroinvertebrates. Stream Pollution. Biomonitoring. Self-Purification Of Streams. Biological Sampling. Final Comprehensive Examination.

✦ Subjects

Engineering & Technology;Civil, Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering;Water Engineering;Water Science

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