Overview

This book discusses various freshwater ecosystems and methods used for the purposes of water quality monitoring, including those utilising aquatic macrophytes. Early-established management plans provide the first steps towards sustainable management of aquatic environments. Thus, the methods used for managing aquatic plants, including mechanical or manual harvesting, hand-pulling and biological control are discussed. The removal efficiency of nutrients and of metal by macrophytes is examined, as well as the potential use of these plants in wastewater treatment. This book surveys and critically reviews existing literature regarding the presence of steroid sex hormones in freshwater ecosystems, their sources and potential fate. Discharges from wastewater treatment plants and transport from agricultural operations are also examined. Finally, this book discusses the role of NF-kB inhibitors, an inducible transcription, in marine chemical ecology, as well as its role in biomedicine.

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Author:   George H Nairne
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   1.122kg
ISBN:  

9781606927724

ISBN 10:   1606927728
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   28 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Macrophytes as Indicators of the Quality and Ecological Status of Waterbodies and for use in Removing Nutrient and Metals; Management of Invasive Aquatic Plants in France; Mathematical Models for Dynamics and Management of Algal Blooms in Aquatic Ecosystems; Sources, Presence, Analysis, and Fate of Steroid Sex Hormones In Freshwater Ecosystems - A Review; Changes in Macroinvertebrate Elemental Stoichiometry Below a Point Source in a Mediterranean Stream; Effect of Constructed Wetland on River Water Quality and Genetic Diversity of Phragmites Australis; Is ALA-D Activity a Useful Biomarker of Lead Exposure for Field Monitoring Programs?; Ecology of Temperate Port communities; Chemical ecology and medicinal chemistry of marine NF-kB inhibitors; Impact of climate and environmental factors on the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Ecosystems;; Aquatic Pollutant Assessment Across Multiple Scales; Radionuclides in Components of Aquatic Ecosystems of the Chernobyl Accident Restriction Zone; Index.

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