Pollution of Lakes and Rivers

Pollution of Lakes and RiversCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781405159135 Year: 2008 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK) Pages: 394 Description: Now in its second edition, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers provides essential insights into present day water quality problems from an international perspective. Explains simply and effectively how lake sediments can be used to reconstruct pollution history Includes over 200 additional references and a new chapter on recent climatic change and

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781405159135
Year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 394


Description:
Now in its second edition, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers
provides essential insights into present-day water quality problems
from an international perspective.


Explains simply and effectively how lake sediments can be used
to reconstruct pollution history


Includes over 200 additional references and a new chapter on
recent climatic change and its effects on water quality and
quantity


Tackles present-day water quality problems from an
international perspective


Previously published by Hodder Arnold





PowerPoint slides of the artwork from the book are available
from:


http://post.queensu.ca/~pearl/textbook.htm





Reviews:


"This is a very well-written and wide-ranging volume that is
both instructive and topical. It is likely to prove useful as an
introduction to the general area, a reference source and for
teaching purposes." (The Holocene, November 2008)


"If you thought that paleolimnology was just mud, pollen, and
diatoms then you will likely be both struck by the complexity of
this field of research and grateful that John Smol, FRSC, has
described it so clearly and broadly. Simply put, the second edition
is an excellent book." ( Journal of Phycology, 2008)


?This is a useful text. It provides a good level of detail
so that the beginner in this area can appreciate what
palaeolimnology can (and cannot) achieve. It goes beyond the simple
introduction to provide a detailed understanding of how techniques
can be applied ... This is a diffe