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Category : Radioecology
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... National Symposium of Radioecology
Author: A History of the Federal Biological Laboratory at Beaufort, North Carolina 1899-1999
Author: Douglas Arthur WolfePublisher:
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Water Quality Criteria, 1972
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Water Quality CriteriaPublisher:
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Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Ecological Research Series
Author: Holistic Science
Author: Gary Wayne BarrettPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789057026287
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia is recognized globally as an outstanding ecological research centre. The evolution of the Institute of Ecology paralleled the emergence of ecology as a major discipline along with the environmental awareness movement during the last half of the 20th century. Holistic Science: The Evolution of the Georgia Institute of Ecology (1940-2000) assists the reader in understanding not only the challenges, opportunities, and personalities that are bound with the history of the Georgia Institute of Ecology, but also the challenges and obstacles that are involved in establishing an effective interdisciplinary research programme within traditionally fragmented boundaries. Scholars and policy makers increasingly recognize that holistic approaches are needed to address major environmental issues and problems in the 21st century.
Biological Monitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution
Author: M. H. MartinPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400973527
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
In the past two decades there has been an increasing public awareness of the hazards that exist from the contamination of the environment by toxic substances. 'Heavy metals' and the terrestrial environment are but one facet of the impact of toxic substances on the natural environment, and the use of biological materials for indicating the occurrence of, and continually monitoring the presence of, these materials is a specific topic which is of considerable interest to a diverse range of individuals, organisations and disciplines. It was our intention when we first en visaged this book that it should contain a description of a range of circumstances in which biological monitoring techniques have been employed in the terrestrial environment and that it should be seen as a practical text which dealt with the merits, shortcomings and suitability of biological monitoring materials. Monitoring is, however, a manifold process. It serves not only to provide information on past and present concentrations of toxic materials in various components of the environ ment, but also to provide information on the processes of environmental release, transport, accumulation and toxicity. Indeed, this may be one of the greatest virtues of biological monitoring over other forms of monitor ing. According to the skill of the staff employed in the monitoring procedure, the information that is accrued can have a vastly different value.
The Potential Radiological Implications of Nuclear Facilities in the Upper Mississippi River Basin in the Year 2000
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development and TechnologyPublisher:
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Category : Comparative evaluations
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Bibliography Series
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Radiation Data and Reports
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Category : Radioactive pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Marine Radioactivity
Author: Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080496385
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book on Marine Radioactivity sets out to cover most of the aspects of marine radioactivity which have been the focus of scientific study in recent decades. The authors and their reviews divide into topic areas which have defined the field over its history. They cover the suite of natural radioisotopes which have been present in the oceans since their formation and quantitatively dominate the inventory of radioactivity in the oceans. Also addressed are the suite of artificial radionuclides introduced to the oceans as a consequence of the use of the atom for development of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons and various applications of nuclear science. The major source of these continues to derive from the global fallout of atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the 1950s and 1960s but also includes both planned and accidental releases of radioactivity from both civilian and military nuclear technology. The other division of the major study direction depends on whether the objective is to use the radionuclides as powerful tools to study oceanic processes, to describe and understand the ocean distribution of the various natural or artificial radionuclides or to assess the different radionuclides' impact on and pathways to man or marine organisms. The oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface and thus contains a corresponding large share of the Earth's radioactivity. Marine Radioactivity covers topics of recent scientific study in this young field. It examines both natural radioactivity (radioactivity naturally present in oceans since their formation) and artificial radioactivity (radioactivity introduced by man and use of atomic and nuclear energy) with regard to possible effects on the global environment.