Environment and Pollution: An Ecological Approach

Descriptions

It describes in detail water resources, storage, cycling, ecosystem function of marine, freshwater lakes, rivers and other wetlands, biological and physicochemical characterisations, kinds and causes of pollution and control devices. It also describes in detail the atmospheric factor, air pollution due to industrial, domestic and other sources, global changes, ozone depletion and UV-B enhancement effects and about air pollution control technologies. Soil pollution, problems of solid wastes, soil erosion and conservation, radioactive pollution, noise pollution, laws and international efforts on pollution controls are described in different chapters. Important topics of current interest like biological magnification, eutro- phication, ecotoxicology bioremediation, waste-water treatment, rising levels of CO2, CFCs, methane and other greenhouse gases are described in detail.

Specifications

ISBN	9788123923499
Published Year	1990
Binding	Paperback
Subject	Environment & Pollution
Pages	332
Weight	0.4 (In Kg)
Dimension	17 × 5 × 1.2
Readership	BSc & MSc Botany