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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, c2000.Description: 326 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1566704014 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 628.5/2 21
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Table of Contents

Part I Introduction and the Back ground

Chapter 1

Introduction p. 3

Chapter 2
Problems and Needs p. 21

Chapter 3
Background of Published Studies on Lead and Wetlands p. 29

Chapter 4
Biogeochemical Cycle of Lead and the Energy Hierarchy p. 49

Part II Lead in a Cypress-Gum Swamp, Jackson County, Florida
Chapter 5
Ecological Assessment of the Steele City Swamps p. 71

Chapter 6
Lead Distribution in Steele City Swamps p. 81

Chapter 7
Experiments with Lead and Acid in Wetland Microcosms p. 87

Chapter 8
Simulation Model of a Lead-Containing Swamp Ecosystem p. 91

Part III Lead and Wetlands in Poland

Chapter 9
Lead and Zinc Retention in the Biala River Wetland of Poland p. 97

Chapter 10
Perspectives on Lead and Zinc Manufacturing, and Environment p. 115

Chapter 11
The Ecological Economics of Natural Wetland Retention of Lead p. 121

Part IV Value and Policy

Chapter 12
Emergy Evaluation of Treatment Alternatives in Poland p. 145

Chapter 13
The Evolution of Environmental Law and the Industrial Lead Cycle p. 153

Chapter 14
Summary, Policy for Heavy Metals and Environment p. 165


Appendices

Symbols Used in Systems Diagrams p. 171

Biogeochemical Cycle of Lead and the Energy Hierarchy p. 173

Field Measurement Methods p. 177

Data on Biota in Sapp Swamp p. 183

Methods Used for Chemical Analysis of Waters and Sediments p. 187

Chemical Data on the Cypress-Gum Swamps of Steele City Bay, Jackson County, Florida p. 193

Details and Statistics on Microcosm Studies p. 201

Equations, Programs, and Calibration Table for Simulation Models p. 205

Data on the Biala River Wetland and the Results of the Field Experiments p. 211

Details on Economic Valuation Methods p. 255

Transformities Used in Calculations p. 261

Emergy Evaluation of Poland p. 269

References to Laws Cited in Chapter 13 p. 281

References p. 283

Index p. 305

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

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