UID:
almahu_9949507725602882
Format:
1 online resource (858 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
1-000-26204-9
Content:
Protecting drinking, recreational, and other water from toxic cyanobacteria has a major impact on health. This new edition outlines water-related exposure pathways, supports hazard analysis and risk assessment, and outlines strategies for their control and the design and implementation of monitoring programmes.
Note:
1 Introduction -- 2 Cyanobacterial toxins -- 3 Introduction to cyanobacteria -- 4 Understanding the occurrence of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins -- 5 Exposure to cyanotoxins: Understanding it and short-term interventions to prevent it -- 6 Assessing and managing cyanobacterial risks in water-use systems -- 7 Assessing and controlling the risk of cyanobacterial blooms: Nutrient loads from the catchment -- 8 Assessing and controlling the risk of cyanobacterial blooms: Waterbody conditions -- 9 Managing cyanotoxin risks at the drinking-water offtake -- 10 Controlling cyanotoxin occurrence: Drinking-water treatment -- 11 Planning monitoring programmes for cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins -- 12 Fieldwork: Site inspection and sampling -- 13 Laboratory analyses of cyanobacteria and water chemistry -- 14 Laboratory analysis of cyanobacterial toxins and bioassays -- 15 Public health surveillance, public communication and participation.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-367-53332-4
Language:
English
