Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment

Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment by U. Förstner, G.T.W. Wittmann.

Aquatic chemistry is becoming both a rewarding and substantial area of inquiry and is drawing many prominent scientists to its fold. Its literature has changed from a compilation of compositional tables to studies of the chemical reactions occurring within the aquatic environments. But more than thi...

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Main Authors: Förstner, U. (Author), Wittmann, G.T.W (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1979.
Edition:1st ed. 1979.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Earth sciences.
Medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • A Introduction
  • 1 Aquatic Ecosystems
  • 2 Pollutants in Water
  • B Toxic Metals
  • 1 Metals
  • 2 Trace Metals and Organic Life
  • 3 Water Quality Criteria: Standards
  • 4 The Sources of Metal Pollution
  • 5 Metal Analysis
  • C Metal Concentrations in River, Lake, and Ocean Waters
  • 1 Distribution of Major Ions
  • 2 Chemical Conditions for Trace Metals in Natural Waters
  • 3 Trace Metals in Seawater
  • 4 Trace Metals in Inland Waters
  • D Metal Pollution Assessment from Sediment Analysis
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Metal Investigations on Aquatic Sediments
  • 3 Geochemical Reconnaissance of Aquatic Sediments
  • 4 Grain-Size Effects
  • 5 Factors Controlling the Distribution of Metals in Aquatic Sediments
  • 6 Natural Metal Content—Civilizational Accumulation
  • 7 Lake Sediments as Indicators of Heavy Metal Pollution
  • 8 Metal Pollution in River Sediments
  • 9 Assessing Metal Pollution in the Sea by Sediment Study
  • E Metal Transfer Between Solid and Aqueous Phases
  • 1 Residence Times of Metals in Aquatic Systems
  • 2 Types of Metal Association in Sediments
  • 3 Metal Accumulation in Aquatic Sediments—Interactions and Effects of Various Processes and Sinks
  • 4 Determination of Chemical Phases in Natural and Polluted Sediments
  • 5 Mobilization of Heavy Metals from Sediments
  • F Heavy Metals in Aquatic Organisms
  • 1 Physico-Chemical Influences on the Toxicity and the Uptake of Heavy Metals with Respect to Organisms
  • 2 Biologic Factors Affecting Heavy Metal Concentrations in Aquatic Organisms
  • 3 Heavy Metal Enrichment in Limnic and Marine Organisms at Different Trophic Levels
  • G Trace Metals in Water Purification Processes
  • 1 Heavy Metal Removal for the Production of Drinking Water
  • 2 Heavy Metals in Industrial and Domestic Effluents
  • 3 Heavy Metals in Sewage Sludges
  • H Concluding Remarks
  • 1 Disposal Versus Reuse
  • 2 Alternative Materials
  • References.

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