John P. Smol

Pollution of Lakes and Rivers

A Paleoenvironmental Perspective

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Water is an essential life resource, yet the pollution of lakes and rivers has become an international problem, reaching crisis proportions in many regions. As demands on aquatic resources escalate, we must find new approaches to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Now in its second edition, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers addresses many of our present-day water quality problems from an international perspective, covering critical issues such as acidification, eutrophication, land-use changes, pollution by metals and other contaminants, climatic change, and biodiversity losses. It demonstrates how paleolimnological approaches can be used to interpret the physical, chemical, and biological information stored in lake and river sediments, and how this information is integral to identifying key environmental stressors and setting targets for mitigation purposes.

The expanded second edition includes over 250 additional references and a new chapter on recent climaticchange and its effects on water quality and quantity. This comprehensive, up-to-date volume provides essential insights into a multi-disciplinary science aimed at tackling some of the most urgent environmental problems of modern times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 188mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 868g
• ISBN-13: 9781405159135
• ISBN-10: 1405159138
• Artikelnr.: 23260107

Autorenporträt

John P. Smol FRSC is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, with a cross-appointment at the School of Environmental Studies. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change, and is the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Environmental Reviews and is the founding editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology, which he edited from 1987 to 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition. About the author. 1 There is no substitute
for water. 2 How long is long?. 3 Sediments: an ecosystem's memory. 4
Retrieving the sedimentary archive and establishing the geochronological
clock: collecting and dating sediment cores. 5 Reading the records stored
in sediments: the present is a key to the past. 6 The paleolimnologist's
Rosetta Stone: calibrating indicators to environmental variables using
surface-sediment training sets. 7 Acidification: finding the "smoking gun".
8 Metals, technological development, and the environment. 9 Persistent
organic pollutants: industrially synthesized chemicals "hopping" across the
planet. 10 Mercury - "the metal that slipped away". 11 Eutrophication: the
environmental consequences of over-fertilization. 12 Erosion: tracking the
accelerated movement of material from land to water. 13 Species invasions,
biomanipulations, and extirpations. 14 Greenhouse gas emissions and a
changing atmosphere: tracking the effects of climatic change on water
resources. 15 Ozone depletion, acid rain, and climatic warming: the
problems of multiple stressors. 16 New problems, new challenges. 17
Paleolimnology: a window on the past, a key to our future. Glossary.
References. Index