UID:
almahu_9949697811902882
Format:
1 online resource (621 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
0-08-050577-5
Content:
Thoroughly revised and significantly expanded, the Second Edition of Environmental Ecology provides new case studies and in-depth treatment of the effects of pollution and other disturbances on our oceans, lakes, forests, and air. New chapters on biological resources and ecological applications have been added, including material on environmental economics, import assessments, ecological monitoring, and environmental ethics. Extensive indexes, a glossary, and a bibliography are included.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Environmental Ecology: The Ecological Effects of Pollution, Disturbance, and Other Stresses; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. THE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF POLLUTION, DISTURBANCE, AND OTHER STRESSES; 1.1 THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK; 1.2 GROWTH OF THE HUMAN POPULATION; 1.3 THE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF STRESS; CHAPTER 2. AIR POLLUTION; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 Emission, Transformation, and Toxicity of Air Pollutants; 2.3 Air Pollution and Human Health; 2.4 Case Studies of the Ecological Effects of Toxic Gases
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2.5 Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, and Ecological ResponsesCHAPTER 3. TOXIC ELEMENTS; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Background Concentrations in the Environment; 3.3 Toxicity; 3.4 Naturally Occurring Pollution and Its Ecological Effects; 3.5 Anthropogenic Sources of Toxic Elements; CHAPTER 4. ACIDIFICATION; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Deposition of Acidifying Substances from the Atmosphere; 4.3 Chemical Changes within the Watershed; 4.4 Biological Effects of Acidification; 4.5 Reclamation of Acidified Waterbodies; 4.6 Abatement of Emissions of Acidifying Substances and Their Precursors
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CHAPTER 5. FOREST DECLINES5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Nature of Forest Declines; 5.3 Case Studies; CHAPTER 6. OIL POLLUTION; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Characteristics of Petroleum and Its Refined Products; 6.3 Oil Pollution; 6.4 Biological Effects of Hydrocarbons; 6.5 Ecological Effects of Oil Pollution; CHAPTER 7. EUTROPHICATION OF FRESH WATER; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Causes of Eutrophication; 7.3 Case Studies of Eutrophication; CHAPTER 8. PESTICIDES; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Classification of Pesticides by Their Use and Chemical Characteristics; 8.3 Environmental Effects of Pesticide Use
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CHAPTER 9. HARVESTING OF FORESTS9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Consequences of Forest Harvesting and Site Fertility; 9.3 Leaching of Nutrients from Disturbed Watersheds; 9.4 Soil Erosion Resulting from Disturbance; 9.5 Hydrologie Effects of the Disturbance of Watersheds; 9.6 Forestry and Biodiversity; CHAPTER 10. BIODIVERSITY AND EXTINCTIONS; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Species Richness of the Biosphere; 10.3 Rationalization of the Preservation of Species; 10.4 Extinction as a Natural Process; 10.5 Anthropogenic Losses of Species Richness; 10.6 Back From the Brink: A Few Conservation Success Stories
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10.7 Ecological Reserves10.8 Conservation Activities More Broadly; CHAPTER 11. ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WARFARE; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Destruction by Conventional Warfare; 11.3 Chemical Weapons in Warfare; 11.4 Effects of Nuclear Warfare; CHAPTER 12. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Examples of Degradation of Biological Resources; 12.3 Resource Management; 12.4 Ecological Economics; CHAPTER 13. SOME APPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Effects of Stressors on Ecosystem Structure and Function; 13.3 Environmental Impact Assessment
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13.4 Ecological Monitoring and Related Activities
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-266542-2
Language:
English
