Persistent Organic Pollutants
Persistent Organic Pollutants

Author: Heidelore Fiedler

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2002-11-27

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9783540437284

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Since the mid 1990s, legal action to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has started resulting in a global Convention on POPs, the Stockholm Convention, and a regional Protocol under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (UN-ECE LRTAP Convention). POPs are characterized by long half-lives, persistence in the environment, they undergo long-range transport, accumulate in the environment and in biota, and they are toxic. The combination of these characteristics makes them a threat at the global level. This book makes the reader familiar with the goals of these two conventions, lays out characteristics of these compounds, presents results from case studies and addresses inventories, levels in humans and the environment as well as technologies to destroy them.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 954

ISBN-13:

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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

Handbook of Ecotoxicology
Handbook of Ecotoxicology

Author: David J. Hoffman

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-11-13

Total Pages: 1316

ISBN-13: 142003250X

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Completely revised and updated with 18 new chapters, this second edition includes contributions from over 75 international experts. Also, a Technical Review Board reviewed all manuscripts for accuracy and currency. Focusing on toxic substance and how they affect the ecosystems worldwide, the book presents methods for quantifying and measuring ecotoxicological effects in the field and in the lab, as well as methods for estimating, predicting, and modeling in ecotoxicology studies. This is the definitive reference for students, researchers, consultants, and other professionals in the environmental sciences, toxicology, chemistry, biology, and ecology - in academia, industry, and government.

Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health
Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health

Author: Sven E. Jorgensen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2005-01-27

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9780203490181

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The field of ecosystem health explores the interactions between natural systems, human health, and social organization. As decision makers require a sound, modular approach to environmental management and sustainable development, ecosystem health assessment indicators are increasingly used across any number of applications. The Handbook of Ecologic