Research Catalog

Title

Nutrient control actions for improving water quality in the Mississippi River basin and northern Gulf of Mexico / Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Author

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Description

x, 79 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 23 cm

Summary

• The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world. In this book, the National Research Council provides a broad overview of the ecological impacts of climate change, and a series of examples of impacts of different kinds. The book was written as a basis for a forthcoming illustrated booklet, designed to provide the public with accurate scientific information on this important subject.
• The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world. In this book, the National Research Council provides a broad overview of the ecological impacts of climate change, and a series of examples of impacts of different kinds.

Subject

• Nutrient pollution of water > Mississippi River
• Marine eutrophication > Mexico, Gulf of
• Hypoxia (Water) > Mexico, Gulf of
• Nonpoint source pollution > United States
• Fertilizers > Environmental aspects > United States
• Water > Pollution > United States
• Agricultural pollution > Environmental aspects > United States
• Eutrophication > United States
• Watershed management > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-68).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.

Contents

Summary -- Introduction -- Nutrient inputs and water quality effects -- Getting started: a nutrient control implementation initiative (NCII) -- Allocating nutrient load reduction targets -- Monitoring the effectiveness of nutrient control actions and strategies -- Overcoming perceived obstacles to actions.

ISBN

• 030913000X
• 9780309130004

LCCN

2010275147

OCLC

• ocn299240563
• 299240563
• SCSB-5481450

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries