Stream ecology & self-purification: an introduction

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This new edition of a very successful standard reference is expanded and fully reworked. The book explains and quantifies the processes whereby streams cleanse themselves, reducing their pollutant load as a natural process. Mechanisms of purification in running waters have always been critical with regard to clearly identified pollution sources. This new edition explains the self-purifying function of streams and rivers in light of recent EPA rules on nonpoint pollutants and total maximum daily…

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Full title :Stream ecology & self-purification : an introduction / Frank R. Spellman, Joanne E. Drinan.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Technomic Pub. Co
Place of Publication:Lancaster, Pa
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001.

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Description:1 online resource (xvi, 261 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1420031678, 9781420031676
oclc:ocm77571851
LC Classification:TD764
Dewey Decimal:577.6/4

Front Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Prologue; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: STREAM GENESIS AND STRUCTURE; CHAPTER 3: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; CHAPTER 4: ENERGY FLOW IN THE ECOSYSTEM; CHAPTER 5: POPULATION ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 6: STREAM WATER; CHAPTER 7: FRESHWATER ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 8: STREAM ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 9: BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; CHAPTER 10: STREAM POLLUTION; CHAPTER 11: BlOMONlTORlNG; CHAPTER 12: SELF-PURIFICATION OF STREAMS; CHAPTER 13: BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING; CHAPTER 14: FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; Appendix A: Answers to Chapter Review Questions

Appendix B: Answers to Final Comprehensive ExaminationRelated Reading; Index

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Cours d'eau -- Auto-épuration Ekosystem i vatten NATURE -- Ecology NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see a… SCIENCE -- Life Sciences Stream ecology Stream self-purification Vattenrening -- miljöaspekter