Heavy metals in the environment : using wetlands for their removal

Much of the convenience of modern life resides in sheet metal, the cowling shield of most machines and appliances. However, the load that this takes off human shoulders has to be carried elsewhere, and the Earth has borne the burden. Many of us woke up to the environmental cost when over a century o...

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Other Authors Odum, Howard T., 1924-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, ©2000.
Subjects
Heavy metals > Environmental aspects.
Lead > Environmental aspects.
Wetland ecology.
Bioremediation.
Ecological engineering.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1420032844
9781420032840
0429148380
9780429148385
1280653973
9781280653971
9786610653973
6610653976
1523134399
9781523134397
9781566704014
1566704014
Physical Description1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Foreword; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Problems and Needs; 3. Background of Published Studies on Lead and Wetlands; 4. Biogeochemical Cycle of Lead and the Energy Hierarchy; 5. Ecological Assessment of the Steele City Swamps*; 6. Lead Distribution in Steele City Swamps*; 7. Experiments with Lead and Acid in Wetland Microcosms*; 8. Simulation Model of a Lead-Containing Swamp Ecosystem; 9. Lead and Zinc Retention in the Biala River Wetland of Poland; 10. Perspectives on Lead and Zinc Manufacturing, and Environment.
  • 11. The Ecological Economics of Natural Wetland Retention of Lead*12. Emergy Evaluation of Treatment Alternatives in Poland; 13. The Evolution of Environmental Law and the Industrial Lead Cycle; 14. Summary, Policy for Heavy Metals and Environment; Appendices; References; INDEX.

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