Phosphorus in the Environment: its chemistry and biochemistry; Contents; Phosphorus: a general introduction; Phosphorus and mankind's problems today; Discussion; World resources of phosphorus; Discussion; Some economic and technical factors affecting use of phosphate raw materials; Discussion; Modern mankind's influence on the natural cycles of phosphorus; Discussion; Phosphorus biochemistry; Discussion; The organic chemistry of phosphate transfer; Discussion; The biological importance of organophosphorus compounds containing a carbon-phosphorus bond; Discussion
Metabolic factors and the utilization of phosphorus by plantsDiscussion; Phosphorus cycles of forest and upland grassland ecosystems and some effects of land management practices; Discussion; Phosphorus and the eutrophication of lakes--a personal view; Discussion; The dissipation of phosphorus in sewage and sewage effluents; Discussion; Balance sheet for phosphorus in the UK; Discussion; The use of phosphate in detergents and possible replacements for phosphate; Discussion; The rationale for a ban on detergent phosphate in the Great Lakes Basin; Discussion
Can the availability of phosphorus be critical for mankind?Discussion; Biographies of the participants; Index to contributors; Subject index
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Proceedings of the Symposium on the Economy and Chemistry of Phosphorus, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 13-15th Sept. 1977
