Pollution of Lakes and Rivers

A Paleoenvironmental Perspective

AvJohn P. Smol

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-22
Mått:178 x 254 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:452
Upplaga:3
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9781119748786

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Table of Contents Preface to the third edition1. There is no substitute for water2. How long is long?3. Sediments: An ecosystem’s memory4. Retrieving the sedimentary archive and establishing the geochronological clock: Collecting and dating sediment cores5. Reading the records stored in sediments: The present is a key to the past6. The paleolimnologist’s Rosetta Stone: Calibrating biological assemblages to environmental variables using surface-sediment training sets 7. Acidification: Finding the "smoking gun"8. Metals, technological development, and the environment9. Persistent organic pollutants: Industrially synthesized chemicals “hopping” across the planet10. Mercury -- “The metal that slipped away”11. Eutrophication: The environmental consequences of over-fertilization12. Greenhouse gas emissions and a changing atmosphere: A primer of tracking climatic change using lake sediments13. Tracking the frequency, magnitude, and drivers of algal blooms in a warming climate14. Lakewater browning, acid rain, climatic warming, and ozone depletion: The challenges of a multiple stressor world15. Declining calcium levels in softwater lakes: When too little of something becomes a problem16. From pavement to the pelagic zone: The salinization of surface waters17. Erosion: Tracking the accelerated movement of material from land to water18. Tracking species invasions and introductions through time19. Plastics, pharmaceuticals, and other pressing issues20. Conservation biology meets paleolimnology21. Paleolimnology: a window on the past, a key to our futureGlossaryReferencesIndex