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River pollution. causes and effects / 2 :
River Pollution 2: Causes and Effects deals mainly with the causes of river pollution and the nature of the various kinds of pollution and their effects upon rivers. This book is an updated version of the first eight chapters of Aspects of River Pollution (first published early in 1957). Owing to th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England :
Butterworth,
1972.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Causes and Effects; Copyright Page; Table of Contens; FOREWORD TO FIRST EDITION OF 'ASPECTS OF RIVER POLLUTION'; PREFACE; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION OF' ASPECTS OF RIVER POLLUTION'; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. LEGAL ASPECTS OF RIVERPOLLUTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. NATURE AND EFFECTS OF POLLUTION; WHAT IS RIVER POLLUTION?; THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLUTION; CHEMICAL TYPES OF POLLUTION; PHYSICAL TYPES OF POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL TYPES OF POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL KINDS OF POLLUTION; SEWAGE AND ITS COMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL WASTES.
- Harmful effects of sewage and trade wastesaddendum; references; chapter 4. causes of river pollution; sewage; trade wastes; mine water; natural pollution; use of toxig chemicals for agricultural and other purposes; miscellaneous causes of river pollution; references; chapter 5. uses of river water; use of river water for drinking purposes; use of river water for recharge of ground water42-48; industrial use of river water51; agricultural uses of river water; fisheries; means of disposal of waste waters; navigation; recreational use; references.
- CHAPTER 6. BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF RIVER POLLUTIONpH VALUED 2,3; OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIALS 10,11; BACTERIA21-23; CYCLES OF ORGANIC MATTER IN NATURE54, 55; THE CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES OFMICRO-ORGANISMS89-93; SELF-PURIFICATION OF STREAMS; THE KINETICS OF DE-OXYGENATION AND RE-AERATION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. FISH AND RIVER POLLUTION; THE WAYS IN WHICH STREAM POLLUTANTS MAYINJURE OR KILL FISH; THE MEASUREMENT OF TOXICITY; THE REACTIONS OF FISH TO TOXIC SOLUTIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RIVER POLLUTION; BIOLOGY OF STREAM LIFE.
- Ecological effects of effluent discharges on stream communitiesbiological detection and assessment of pollution; references; author index; subject index.