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Spain, Jim C |
Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds |
I03372 |
1995 |
eBook |
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Fr??hlich, Herbert |
Biological Coherence and Response to External Stimuli |
I03340 |
1988 |
eBook |
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MacDonald, Gordon J |
Global Climate and Ecosystem Change |
I02709 |
1990 |
eBook |
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Pacyna, Jozef M |
Control and Fate of Atmospheric Trace Metals |
I02384 |
1989 |
eBook |
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Baird, D.J |
ECOtoxicology: Ecological Dimensions |
I02233 |
1996 |
eBook |
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Berger, A.L |
Climate and Geo-Sciences |
I02066 |
1989 |
eBook |
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Sandhu, Shabeg S |
In Situ Evaluation of Biological Hazards of Environmental Pollutants |
I01727 |
1990 |
eBook |
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Cairns, John |
Ecoaccidents |
I01518 |
1985 |
eBook |
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| 19 |
Weidlich, W |
Concepts and Models of a Quantitative Sociology |
I01516 |
1983 |
eBook |
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Mikhailov, Alexander S |
Foundations of Synergetics I |
I01353 |
1990 |
eBook |
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| Title | Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds |
| Author(s) | Spain, Jim C |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1995. |
| Description | VIII, 232 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | During the past five years increased awareness of environmental contamination by nitroaromatic compounds has led to a dramatic increase in research on their biodegradation. The resulting discoveries have markedly extended our understanding of degradation mecha?? nisms and pathways in bacteria and fungi. Futhermore, this new basic knowledge promises the development of field applications of biodegradation systems for nitroaromatic com?? pounds. In May of 1994, an International Symposium on the Biodegradation of Nitro aromatic Compounds was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. This symposium brought together the scientists at the frontiers of research into the biodegradation of nitro aromatic compounds. The invited speakers were asked to review their area of expertise and write a critical, comprehensive synthesis of their work and related work by others. This book is the result of their efforts. The emphasis of the reviews is on basic research in biodegradation and biotransfor?? mation. Therefore, the reactions of nitroaromatic compounds in plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, soil, and even nonbiological systems are considered. The goal of the work is to provide the reader with an appreciation of the tremendous range of possibilities for metabolism of aromatic nitro compounds and the experimental approaches used to understand them. This volume should be of interest to biochemists, microbiologists, engineers, toxicologists, and anyone interested in the behavior of synthetic chemicals in the environment or in living systems. Furthermore, a variety of commercial applications can be envisioned for some of the reactions described here |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475794472 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOCHEMISTRY
2. Biochemistry, general
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ECOLOGY
6. Ecology??
7. Ecotoxicology
8. MICROBIOLOGY
9. Waste management
10. Waste Management/Waste Technology
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| Title | Global Climate and Ecosystem Change |
| Author(s) | MacDonald, Gordon J;Sertorio, Luigi |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1990. |
| Description | X, 252 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Humankind's ever-expanding activities have caused environmental changes that reach beyond localities and regions to become global in scope. Disturbances to the atmosphere, oceans, and land produce changes in the living parts of the planet, while, at the same time, alterations in the biosphere modify the atmosphere, oceans, and land. Understanding this complex web of interactions poses unprecedented intellectual challenges. The atmospheric concentrations of natural trace gases-carbon dioxide (C0 ), methane (CH. ), nitrous oxide (N0), and lower-atmosphere ozone 2 2 (Os)-have increased since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Industrial gases such as the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are not part of the natural global ecosystem, are increasing at much greater rates than are the naturally occurring trace gases. All these gases absorb and emit infrared radiation and thus have the potential for altering global climate. The major terrestrial biomes are also changing. Although world attention has focused on deforestation, particularly in tropical areas, the development of agriculture, the diversion of water resources, and urbanization have all modified terrestrial ecosystems in both obvious and subtle ways. The terrestrial biosphere, by taking up atmospheric carbon dioxide, acts as a primary determinant of the overall carbon balance of the global ecosystem. Although the ways in which the biosphere absorbs carbon are, as yet, poorly understood, the destruction (and regrowth) of forests certainly alter this process |
| ISBN,Price | 9781489924834 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ECOLOGY
4. Ecology??
5. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Control and Fate of Atmospheric Trace Metals |
| Author(s) | Pacyna, Jozef M;Ottar, Brynjulf |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1989. |
| Description | XXII, 382 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The increasing production of industrial goods, heat, and energy, as well as traffic, has led to the release of considerable amounts of toxic trace metals to the atmosphere. The result is elevated concentrations of toxic metals in local populations and eco?? systems. Recently the problem of atmospheric long-range transport of trace metals has also been recognized. Significant amounts of these pollutants are disposed and deposited both on regional and global scales. In the atmosphere they may influence the chemical reactions. Of particular interest is their catalytic effect on the oxidation prosesses taking place in water droplets or on the surface of wet particles (e. g. the oxidation of sulphur dioxide to sulphate), however, the main environmental impact starts when the atmospheric trace metals are deposited on ground and vegetation and subsequently brought into the water circulation. During the later years significant progress has been made in the development of equipment to reduce and control the atmospheric emissions of toxic trace metals. This particularly applies to electrostatic precipitators and wet scrubbers for the collection of fine particles. The main objective of the workshop was to survey present knowledge concerning the sources, atmospheric fluxes, sinks and chemical impact of the atmospheric trace metals, and to review the developments of emission control equipment and the perspectives to reduce the potential risks from toxic metals. During the first two days of the meeting, 15 invited review papers were presented |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400923157 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. AIR POLLUTION
2. Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
3. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. ECOLOGY
7. Ecology??
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| Title | ECOtoxicology: Ecological Dimensions |
| Author(s) | Baird, D.J;Douben, P.E;Greig-Smith, P;Maltby, L |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1996. |
| Description | XII, 90 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Ecotoxicology is a relatively new scientific discipline. Indeed, it might be argued that it is only during the last 5-10 years that it has come to merit being regarded as a true science, rather than a collection of procedures for protecting the environment through management and monitoring of pollutant discharges into the environment. The term 'ecotoxicology' was first coined in the late sixties by Prof. Truhaut, a toxicologist who had the vision to recognize the importance of investigating the fate and effects of chemicals in ecosystems. At that time, ecotoxicology was considered a sub-discipline of medical toxicology. Subsequently, several attempts have been made to portray ecotoxicology in a more realistic light. Notably, both Moriarty (1988) and F. Ramade (1987) emphasized in their books the broad basis of ecotoxicology, encompassing chemical and radiation effects on all components of ecosystems. In doing so, they and others have shifted concern from direct chemical toxicity to humans, to the far more subtle effects that pollutant chemicals exert on natural biota. Such effects potentially threaten the existence of all life on earth. Although I have identified the sixties as the era when ecotoxicology was first conceived as a coherent subject area, it is important to acknowledge that studies that would now be regarded as ecotoxicological are much older |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400915411 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ECOLOGY
4. Ecology??
5. Ecotoxicology
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| Title | Climate and Geo-Sciences : A Challenge for Science and Society in the 21st Century |
| Author(s) | Berger, A.L;Schneider, S;Duplessy, J.Cl |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1989. |
| Description | XXVI, 724 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | It has been widely recognized recently that in order to make scientific progress on large and important problems (eg, carbon dioxide effects on climate, viability of various sites for nuclear waste disposal etc.), it is necessary to integrate knowledge from wide ranging sets of disciplines. This is certainly true in the climate sciences, for progress in understanding the cause of the ice ages or the effects of industrial pollution on the future climate or even the likelihood of severe climatic consequences in the aftermath of nuclear war. All require state-of -the -art input from many geoscience disci?? plines climatology, oceanography, meteorology, chemistry, ecology, glaciology, geology, astronomy, space technology, computer technology, mathematics etc. Major international meetings have called for interaction of such geo-science disciplines to solve real world problems. To move beyond the rhetorical level, the NATO Special Programme on Global Transport Mechanisms in the Geo-Sciences whose activities started in 1983, deci?? ded to organise his closing symposium on such a topic which focus on the relationship between climate and geo-sciences. This symposium was held at the end of May 1988 at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-Ia-Neuve, Belgium. One hundred-and-thirty participants from the 16 NATO countries and a number of non-NATO countries assembled for the Symposium. Another feature was the attendance by special invitation of 16 pro?? mising young scientists who might well become leading scientists on climate and geo-sciences in their respective countries in the next century |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400924468 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ECOLOGY
5. Ecology??
6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
7. Hydrogeology
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| Title | In Situ Evaluation of Biological Hazards of Environmental Pollutants |
| Author(s) | Sandhu, Shabeg S;Lower, William R;de Serres, Frederick J;Suk, William A;Tice, Raymond R |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1990. |
| Description | 290 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The study of the relationship between environmental pollution and human health is in its infancy. The number of substances and mixtures that have been identified in uncontrolled hazardous waste sites or that have been in?? advertently released into the environment is large and data on how thes~ substances are modified as they interact with one another as they migrate through soil, air, and water are limited. There are also limits on our un?? derstanding of how these substances may be ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by people. The complexity of possible interactions between biological, chemical, and physical components in a given environment makes it virtually impossible to evaluate the potential for adverse biological effects ade?? quately in the laboratory. Other, more comprehensive methods which provide realistic and interpretable results must be used. Many scientists believe that humans represent the ultimate sentinel species of a toxic exposure re?? sUlting from environmental pollution, however such exposures may also se?? verely impact environmental health. There exists a wide variety of organ?? isms in the natural environment that could be used to provide an early warning for potential human health effects as well as to indicate adverse ecological effects. The issue of effective utilization of sentinel species for environment?? al monitoring is a rapidly developing area of research which has grown in importance during the last decade |
| ISBN,Price | 9781468458084 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applied ecology
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ECOLOGY
5. Ecology??
6. Ecotoxicology
7. Waste management
8. Waste Management/Waste Technology
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| Title | Ecoaccidents |
| Author(s) | Cairns, John |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1985. |
| Description | VIII, 164 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Dr. Hueck explains in the "History and Development of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop" some ideas on the genesis of the Workshop. The reader should understand that this volume is a preliminary analysis of a problem that has not received much attention. The case histories, for example, are illustrative because one volume cannot include all histories, or even those in Europe. Consequently, case histories are lacking on many parts of the world, including central Europe and North America, not because these are unimportant or less disastrous ecologically than the case histories covered, but because selecting only a few illustrative cases was possible. The geographic and ecological coverage was originally much broader, but, unfortunately, some participants were unable to attend and this resulted in an even more skewed distribution geographically. However, participants generally agreed that the information necessary to analyze the problem was covered in sufficient depth by those in attendance and that other case histories would have been interesting, but would probably not have caused substantive changes in the conclusions or recommendations. The Workshop organizers did not selectively choose people, companies, or countries to the exclusion of others. The committee selected a broad array of people, countries, and industries, and the participants were those able to corne, prepare a manuscript, and meet the other conditions. Thus, what appears to be a skewed distribution was not planned as such, but was the consequence of people being unable to attend for various reasons |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461594505 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ECOLOGY
4. Ecology??
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| Title | Concepts and Models of a Quantitative Sociology : The Dynamics of Interacting Populations |
| Author(s) | Weidlich, W;Haag, G |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1983. |
| Description | XII, 220 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | While the volumes hitherto published in the Springer Series in Synergetics have been devoted almost exclusively to the self-organized formation of structures in physics, chemistry and biology, the present monograph by Weidlich and Haag deals with the formation of "structures" (or "patterns") in society. At first glance it would seem a daring enterprise to deal with the complex processes in society using concepts and methods first developed in physics. But over the past decade it has been shown that there is a large class of phenomena in a variety of fields to which unifying concepts can be applied. This is particulary true of situations in which a system composed of many parts or individuals acquires a new structure on macroscopic scales. Indeed, this is the definition of synergetics which I formulated more than a decade ago, and which formed the basis of my survey on the profound analogies in the behaviour of complex systems, includ?? ing those of sociology (H. Haken: Synergetics. An Introduction, Volume 1 of this series). As I have pointed out on many occasions, the universal validity of these concepts is neither accidental nor is it caused by a mere extension of physical rules to other fields, but is instead a consequence of deep-rooted struc?? tural properties of systems of interacting parts which are due to rigorous mathe?? maticallaws. Generally speaking, concepts and methods originally used in physics can be applied to sociological phenomena in two ways |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642817892 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Business
2. Business and Management, general
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ECOLOGY
6. Ecology??
7. Management science
8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
9. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Foundations of Synergetics I : Distributed Active Systems |
| Author(s) | Mikhailov, Alexander S |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1990. |
| Description | XII, 213 p. 12 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book gives an introduction to the mathematical theory of cooperative behavior in active systems of various origins, both natural and artificial. It is based on a lecture course in synergetics which I held for almost ten years at the University of Moscow. The first volume deals mainly with the problems of pattern fonnation and the properties of self-organized regular patterns in distributed active systems. It also contains a discussion of distributed analog information processing which is based on the cooperative dynamics of active systems. The second volume is devoted to the stochastic aspects of self-organization and the properties of self-established chaos. I have tried to avoid delving into particular applications. The primary intention is to present general mathematical models that describe the principal kinds of coopera?? tive behavior in distributed active systems. Simple examples, ranging from chemical physics to economics, serve only as illustrations of the typical context in which a particular model can apply. The manner of exposition is more in the tradition of theoretical physics than of in mathematics: Elaborate fonnal proofs and rigorous estimates are often replaced the text by arguments based on an intuitive understanding of the relevant models. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of this book, its readers might well come from very diverse fields of endeavor. It was therefore desirable to minimize the re?? quired preliminary knowledge. Generally, a standard university course in differential calculus and linear algebra is sufficient |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642785566 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ECOLOGY
4. Ecology??
5. ECONOMIC THEORY
6. Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
7. GEOLOGY
8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
9. MICROPROCESSORS
10. PATTERN RECOGNITION
11. Processor Architectures
12. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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