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Title Lake pollution research progress / Franko R. Miranda and Luc M. Bernard, editors
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 394 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Air, water and soil pollution science and technology
Air, water and soil pollution science and technology
Contents LAKE POLLUTION RESEARCH PROGRESS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; AN UPDATED REPORT ON THE WATER CHEMISTRY OF THE LAKES OF CENTRAL ITALY ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; HISTORY ; WATER BALANCE ; WATER QUALITY ; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; REFERENCES ; ENVIRONMETRICS AS A TOOL FOR LAKE POLLUTION ASSESSMENT ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION ; Cluster Analysis ; Principal Components Analysis ; Principal Components Regression ; N-Way Principal Components Analysis ; Self-Organizing Maps ; CASE STUDIES ; Lake Pollution Control in Northern Greece
High Mountain Lakes Monitoring in Southern Bulgaria Rila Lakes Interpretation ; Pirin Lakes Interpretation ; Environmetric Assessment of Lake Water for Human Consumption ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; LAKES IN THE APULIAN KARST (SOUTHERN ITALY): GEOLOGY, KARST MORPHOLOGY, AND THEIR ROLE IN THE LOCAL HISTORY ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; GARGANO ; CONVERSANO ; SALENTO ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; ECOTOXICITY AND BIOACCUMULATION OF TOXIN FROM CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GUIDELINES FOR CONTAMINATED WATER BODIES ; ABSTRACT ; 1.0. INTRODUCTION
2.0. CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII AND ITS TOXIN 3.0. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE POTENTIAL FOR ECOTOXICITY ; 3.1. Growth of C.raciborskii in the Water Column ; 3.2. Dynamics of Toxin Production by C. raciborskii ; 3.3. Likelihood of Toxin Exposure ; 3.4. Assimilation Efficiency ; 3.5. Organism Susceptibility ; 3.6. Production of Toxins and Substances Other than CYN ; 3.7. Bioaccumulation ; 3.8. Coinciding Water Quality ; 4.0. TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION GUIDELINES ; 4.1. Guidelines Based Solely on Toxin Concentrations
4.2. Guidelines Based Solely on Cell Concentrations 4.3. A Possible Solution ; 4.4. Guidelines as Part of a Wider Environmental Management Approach ; 5.0. FUTURE WORK ; 6.0. CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING THE RELATION BETWEEN LAKES AND POLLUTION -- MODEL-BASED APPROACH AND CASE STUDY OF SUBARCTIC LAKE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; BASIC INFORMATION ; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS ; APPROACH TO LAKE POLLUTION MODEL ; CASE STUDY OF A SUBARCTIC LAKE ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; RESULTS ; CONSIDERATION ; SUMMARY AND FINDINGS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES
AQUATIC POLLUTANT ASSESSMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; SINGLE-SPECIES LABORATORY TESTING ; MICROCOSMS/MESOCOSMS ; FIELD STUDIES ; MULTIPLE SCALES OF EVIDENCE STUDIES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; FISH ASSEMBLAGE SUBJECTED TO STRONG ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS: THE CASE OF THE BARRA BONITA RESERVOIR, TIETÊ RIVER BASIN, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHODS ; RESULTS ; ANALYSES OF COVARIANCE ; CONCLUSION ; REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE ; FISH ASSEMBLAGE MODIFICATIONS; REFERENCES
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Water -- Pollution -- Research.
Lakes -- Environmental conditions -- Research
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
Water -- Pollution -- Research
Form Electronic book
Author Miranda, Franko R.
Bernard, Luc M.
LC no. 2008036568
ISBN 9781607419051
160741905X