Nutrient control actions for improving water quality in the Mississippi River basin and northern Gulf of Mexico /

The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world. In this book, the National Research Council provi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Nutrient pollution of water > Mississippi River.
Marine eutrophication > Mexico, Gulf of.
Hypoxia (Water) > Mexico, Gulf of.
Nonpoint source pollution > United States.
Fertilizers > Environmental aspects > United States.
Water > Pollution > United States.
Agricultural pollution > Environmental aspects > United States.
Eutrophication > United States.
Watershed management > United States.
Eau > Pollution par les nutriments > Mississippi (Fleuve)
Eutrophisation marine > Mexique, Golfe du.
Hypoxie (Écologie des eaux) > Mexique, Golfe du.
Pollution diffuse > États-Unis.
Engrais et amendements > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Pollution agricole > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Eutrophisation > États-Unis.
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Agricultural pollution > Environmental aspects
Eutrophication
Fertilizers > Environmental aspects
Hypoxia (Water)
Marine eutrophication
Nonpoint source pollution
Nutrient pollution of water
Water > Pollution
Watershed management
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Nutrient inputs and water quality effects
  • Getting started: a nutrient control implementation initiative (NCII)
  • Allocating nutrient load reduction targets
  • Monitoring the effectiveness of nutrient control actions and strategies
  • Overcoming perceived obstacles to actions.

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