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Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. Ulrich Förstner

    1. Institut für Sedimentforschung, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1, Germany

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  2. Gottfried T. W. Wittmann

    1. Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Ulrich Förstner, Gottfried T. W. Wittmann
    Pages 1-2

  3. Toxic Metals

    • G. Wittmann
    Pages 3-70

  4. Metal Concentrations in River, Lake, and Ocean Waters

    • U. Förstner
    Pages 71-109

  5. Metal Pollution Assessment from Sediment Analysis

    • U. Förstner
    Pages 110-196

  6. Metal Transfer Between Solid and Aqueous Phases

    • U. Förstner
    Pages 197-270

  7. Heavy Metals in Aquatic Organisms

    • F. Prosi
    Pages 271-323

  8. Trace Metals in Water Purification Processes

    • U. Förstner, J. H. van Lierde
    Pages 324-359

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Ulrich Förstner, Gottfried T. W. Wittmann
    Pages 360-366

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 367-486
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About this book

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 this is the recognition that human society in part is determining the nature of aquatic systems. Since rivers deliver to the world ocean most of its dissolved and particulate components, the interactions of these two sets of waters determine the vitality of our coastal waters. This significant vol­ ume provides not only an introduction to the dynamics of aquatic chem­ istries but also identifies those materials that jeopardize the resources of both the marine and fluvial domains. Its very title provides its emphasis but clearly not its breadth in considering natural processes. The book will be of great value to those environmental scientists who are dedicated to keeping the resources of the hydrosphere renewable. As the size of the world population becomes larger in the near future and as the uses of materials and energy show parallel increases, the rivers and oceans must be considered as a resource to accept some of the wastes of society. The ability of these waters and the sediments below them to accommodate wastes must be assessed continually. The key questions relate to the capacities of aqueous systems to carry one or more pollutants.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Sedimentforschung, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Ulrich Förstner

  • Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Gottfried T. W. Wittmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment

  • Authors: Ulrich Förstner, Gottfried T. W. Wittmann

  • Series Title: Springer Study Edition

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69385-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-12856-4Published: 31 October 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-69385-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6234

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 488

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mineral Resources, Biomedicine general, Life Sciences, general

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