Ecological assessment of environmental degradation, pollution, and recovery : lectures of a course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra (Italy), 12-16 October 1987 /

The Ispra Course on Ecological Assessment of Environmental Degradation, Pollution and Recovery'' was structured according to the following topics: (a) terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem concept; (b) structure, functions and evolution of the ecosystem in relation to the natural and anthropog...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Commission of the European Communities. Joint Research Centre
Otros Autores: Ravera, O.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Published for the Commission of the European Communities by Elsevier, 1989.
Colección:Ispra courses on chemical and environmental science.
Temas:
Environmental chemistry.
Biotic communities.
Environmental degradation.
Aquatic ecology.
Ecosystem
Chimie de l'environnement.
�Ecologie des eaux.
�Ecosyst�emes.
Environnement > D�egradation.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Aquatic ecology
Biotic communities
Environmental chemistry
Environmental degradation
�Ecotoxicologie.
Pollution > Lutte contre.
�Ecosyst�emes > �Evolution.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Ecological Assessment of Environmental Degradation, Pollution and Recovery; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1. The evolution of terrestrial ecosystems; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 DO ECOSYSTEMS EXIST?; 1.3 ARE ECOSYSTEMS OF A CYBERNETIC NATURE?; 1.4 ARE THERE EMERGING PROPERTIES AT THE ECOSYSTEM LEVEL?; 1.5 ARE THERE WELL DEFINED BOUNDARIES FOR ECOSYSTEMS?; 1.6 CAN ECOSYSTEMS BE CONSIDERED AS UNITS OF SELECTION?; 1.7 DO ECOSYSTEMS EVOLVE?; 1.8 DO ECOSYSTEMS CONVERGE?; 1.9 HOW FAR DO ECOSYSTEMS OPTIMIZE RESOURCES?; 1.10 CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • 5. STRESSORS AND STRESS MODELS6. STRESS PREVENTION; 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS; 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 9. REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Concept of stress and recovery in aquatic ecosystem; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. LAKE RECOVERY: CONCEPTS, FEASIBILITY AND TECHNIQUES; 3. RECOVERY OF LAKES UNDER STRESS: SOME CASE STUDIES; 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 6. REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Concept of stress, and anthropogenic, in terrestrial ecosystems; 1. THE CONCEPT OF STRESS AND STRAIN AND HYSTERESIS WITHIN THE PHYSICS OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
  • 2. THE CONCEPT OF STRESS IN MAN AND HIGHER ANIMALS AS DEVELOPED BY SELYE3. DIFFERENCES IN THE RESPONSE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; 4. CONCEPTS OF STRESS AT THE ECOSYSTEM LEVEL; 5. GENERAL CONCEPTS OF EQUILIBRIA IN MATERIAL SYSTEMS, THEIR RESPONSE TO PERTURBATIONS, AND THEIR RELATION TO THE DYNAMIC STABILITY OF ECOSYSTEMS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Dynamic equilibria in material systems and their response to perturbations; 1. STABILITY OF THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • 2. MODELLING POLLUTANT EXCHANGE BETWEEN PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT: UPTAKE RESPONSE AND METABOLIZATION OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE BY DIFFERENT LEAF CELL COMPARTMENTSChapter 7. Ecological assessment of the degradation and recovery of rivers from pollution; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODS OF ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; 3. PATTERNS OF DEGRADATION AND RECOVERY; 4. SELECTED CASE STUDIES OF THE RECOVERY OF RIVERS FROM POLLUTION; 5. CONCLUSIONS; 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Biomanipulation of aquatic food chains to improve water quality ineutrophic lakes

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