Research Catalog

Title

Heavy metals in the environment : using wetlands for their removal / Howard T. Odum [and others].

Publication

Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

Odum, Howard T. (Howard Thomas), 1924-2002.

Description

326 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Subject

• Heavy metals > Environmental aspects
• Lead > Environmental aspects
• Wetland ecology
• Bioremediation
• Ecological engineering

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-304) and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Problems and Needs -- Ch. 3. Background of Published Studies on Lead and Wetlands -- Ch. 4. Biogeochemical Cycle of Lead and the Energy Hierarchy / Howard T. Odum -- Ch. 5. Ecological Assessment of the Steele City Swamps / Lowell Pritchard, Jr. -- Ch. 6. Lead Distribution in Steele City Swamps / Shanshin Ton and Joseph J. Delfino -- Ch. 7. Experiments with Lead and Acid in Wetland Microcosms / Shanshin Ton -- Ch. 8. Simulation Model of a Lead-Containing Swamp Ecosystem / Shanshin Ton and Howard T. Odum -- Ch. 9. Lead and Zinc Retention in the Biala River Wetland of Poland / Wlodzimierz Wojcik and Malgorzata Wojcik -- Ch. 10. Perspectives on Lead and Zinc Manufacturing, and Environment / Wlodzimierz Wojcik -- Ch. 11. The Ecological Economics of Natural Wetland Retention of Lead / Lowell Pritchard, Jr. -- Ch. 12. Emergy Evaluation of Treatment Alternatives in Poland / Wlodzimierz Wojcik, Slawomir Leszczynski and Howard T. Odum --
• Ch. 13. The Evolution of Environmental Law and the Industrial Lead Cycle / Jay D. Patel -- Ch. 14. Summary, Policy for Heavy Metals and Environment -- App. A4. Biogeochemical Cycle of Lead and the Energy Hierarchy / Howard T. Odum -- App. A5a. Field Measurement Methods / Lowell Pritchard, Jr. -- App. A5b. Data on Biota in Sapp Swamp / Lowell Pritchard, Jr. -- App. A6a. Methods Used for Chemical Analysis of Waters and Sediments / Shanshin Ton and Joseph J. Delfino -- App. A6b. Chemical Data on the Cypress-Gum Swamps of Steele City Bay, Jackson County, Florida / Shanshin Ton and Joseph J. Delfino -- App. A7. Details and Statistics on Microcosm Studies / Shanshin Ton -- App. A8. Equations, Programs, and Calibration Table for Simulation Models / Shanshin Ton and Howard T. Odum -- App. A9. Data on the Biala River Wetland and the Results of the Field Experiments / Wlodzimierz Wojcik and Malgorzata Wojcik --
• App. A11a. Details on Economic Valuation Methods / Lowell Pritchard, Jr. -- App. A11b. Transformities Used in Calculations / Lowell Pritchard, Jr. -- App. A12. Emergy Evaluation of Poland / Wlodzimierz Wojcik, Jacek Stasik and Howard T. Odum -- App. A13. References to Laws Cited in Chapter 13 / Jay D. Patel.

ISBN

1566704014 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99089022

OCLC

• ocm43096698
• SCSB-4107764

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries