Title Metal pollution in the aquatic environment / U. Forstner, G.T.W. Wittmann ; with contributions by F. Prosi and J.H. van Lierde ; foreword by Edward D. Goldberg

Edition Second revised edition Published Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1981

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Description xviii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents A: Introduction. Environmental pollution -- Sources, pathways and reservoirs -- Aquatic ecosystems. B: Toxic metals. Metals -- Trace metals and organic life -- Water quality criteria: standards -- The sources of metal pollution -- Metal analysis. C: Metal concentrations in river, lake, and ocean waters. Distribution of major ions -- Chemical conditions for trace metals in natural waters -- Trace metals in seawater -- Trace metals in inland waters. D: Metal pollution assessment from sediment analysis. Introduction -- Metal investigations on aquatic sediments -- Geochemical reconnaissance of aquatic sediments -- Grain-size effects -- Factors controlling the distribution of metals in aquatic sediments -- Natural metal content - civilization accumulation -- Lake sediments as indicators of heavy metal pollution -- Metal pollution in river sediments -- Assessing metal pollution in the sea by sediment study. E: Metal transfer between solid and aqueous phases. Residence times of metals in aquatic systems -- Types of metal associated in sediments -- Metal accumulation in aquatic sediments - interactions and effects of various processes and sinks -- Determination of chemical phases in natural and polluted sediments -- Mobilization of heavy metals from sediments. F: Heavy metals in aquatic organisms. Physico-chemical influences on the toxicity and the uptake of heavy metals with respect to organisms -- Biologic factors affecting heavy metal concentrations in aquatic organisms -- Heavy metal enrichment in limnic and marine organisms at different trophic levels. G: Trace metals in water purification processes. Heavy metal removal for the production of drinking water -- Heavy metals in industrial and domestic effluents -- Heavy metals in sewage sludges. H: Concluding remarks. Disposal versus reuse -- Alternative materials Notes Bibliography p.399 - 473 With Contributions by F. Prosi and J.H. Van Lierde Bibliography Includes bibliography Credits With Contributions by F. Prosi and J.H. Van Lierde Subject Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects. Water -- Pollution. Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects. Heavy metals. Water -- Pollution. Author Wittmann, G. T. W., 1929- LC no. 81005683 ISBN 038710724X 354010724X

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