| Description |
xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Environmental science |
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Environmental science (Berlin, Germany)
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| Contents |
1. Sediment Quality Assessment: Chemical and Biological Approaches -- 2. The Influence of Diagenetic Processes on the Exchange of Trace Contaminants at the Sediment-Water Interface -- 3. Interaction of Pesticides with River Sediments and Characterization of Organic Matter of the Sediments -- 4. Partitioning Behaviour of Phenols Between Water and Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Interfaces -- 5. Sorption Properties of Biofilms -- 6. Ecotoxicity of Certain Heavy Metals Affecting Bacteria-Mediated Biogeochemical Pathways in Sediments -- 7. Bioassays on Sediment Toxicity -- 8. Trace Element Diagenesis in Polluted Sediments of the River Elbe Estuary -- 9. Mercury Distribution and Speciation in a Polluted Fluvial System -- 10. Organotin Compounds in Sediments of the Rivers Elbe and Mulde -- 11. Advective Transport of Interacting Solutes: The Chromatographic Model |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Contaminated sediments.
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Pollution.
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| Author |
Calmano, Wolfgang.
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Förstner, Ulrich.
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| LC no. |
95052310 |
| ISBN |
0387600515 (Berlin : hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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3540600515 (New York : hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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