Overview

Aquatic chemistry is becoming both a rewarding and substantial area of inquiry and is drawing many prominent scientists to its fold. Its literature has changed from a compilation of compositional tables to studies of the chemical reactions occurring within the aquatic environments. But more than this is the recognition that human society in part is determining the nature of aquatic systems. Since rivers deliver to the world ocean most of its dissolved and particulate components, the interactions of these two sets of waters determine the vitality of our coastal waters. This significant vol­ ume provides not only an introduction to the dynamics of aquatic chem­ istries but also identifies those materials that jeopardize the resources of both the marine and fluvial domains. Its very title provides its emphasis but clearly not its breadth in considering natural processes. The book will be of great value to those environmental scientists who are dedicated to keeping the resources of the hydrosphere renewable. As the size of the world population becomes larger in the near future and as the uses of materials and energy show parallel increases, the rivers and oceans must be considered as a resource to accept some of the wastes of society. The ability of these waters and the sediments below them to accommodate wastes must be assessed continually. The key questions relate to the capacities of aqueous systems to carry one or more pollutants.

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Author:   E. D. Goldberg ,  U. Förstner ,  F. Prosi ,  G. T. W. Wittmann
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1981
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.874kg
ISBN:  

9783540128564

ISBN 10:   3540128565
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   31 October 1983
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

A Introduction.- 1 Environmental Pollution.- 2 Sources, Pathways and Reservoirs.- 3 Aquatic Ecosystems.- B Toxic Metals.- 1 Metals.- 2 Trace Metals and Organic Life.- 3 Water Quality Criteria: Standards.- 4 The Sources of Metal Pollution.- 5 Metal Analysis.- C Metal Concentrations in River, Lake, and Ocean Waters.- 1 Distribution of Major Ions.- 2 Chemical Conditions for Trace Metals in Natural Waters.- 3 Trace Metals in Seawater.- 4 Trace Metals in Inland Waters.- D Metal Pollution Assessment from Sediment Analysis.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Metal Investigations on Aquatic Sediments.- 3 Geochemical Reconnaissance of Aquatic Sediments.- 4 Grain-Size Effects.- 5 Factors Controlling the Distribution of Metals in Aquatic Sediments.- 6 Natural Metal Content—Civilizational Accumulation.- 7 Lake Sediments as Indicators of Heavy Metal Pollution.- 8 Metal Pollution in River Sediments.- 9 Assessing Metal Pollution in the Sea by Sediment Study.- E Metal Transfer Between Solid and Aqueous Phases.- 1 Residence Times of Metals in Aquatic Systems.- 2 Types of Metal Association in Sediments.- 3 Metal Accumulation in Aquatic Sediments—Interactions and Effects of Various Processes and Sinks.- 4 Determination of Chemical Phases in Natural and Polluted Sediments.- 5 Mobilization of Heavy Metals from Sediments.- F Heavy Metals in Aquatic Organisms.- 1 Physico-Chemical Influences on the Toxicity and the Uptake of Heavy Metals with Respect to Organisms.- 2 Biologic Factors Affecting Heavy Metal Concentrations in Aquatic Organisms.- 3 Heavy Metal Enrichment in Limnic and Marine Organisms at Different Trophic Levels.- G Trace Metals in Water Purification Processes.- 1 Heavy Metal Removal for the Production of Drinking Water.- 2 Heavy Metals in Industrial and Domestic Effluents.- 3 Heavy Metalsin Sewage Sludges.- H Concluding Remarks.- 1 Disposal Versus Reuse.- 2 Alternative Materials.- References.

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