Pollution : ecology and biotreatment / Sharron McEldowney, David J. Hardman and Stephen Waite.
By: McEldowney, Sharron
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Contributor(s): Hardman, David J | Waite, Stephen.
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BookPublisher: Harlow, Essex, England : New York : Longman Scientific & Technical ; Copublished in the U.S. with J. Wiley & Sons, 1993Description: xix, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0470221445; 0582086558.Subject(s): Environmental chemistry | BioremediationDDC classification: 628.5 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 628.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00135106 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 628.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018165 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Principles and perspectives -- The environment and pollution -- Assessing the environmental fate and potential impact of pollutants -- Treatment technologies -- Biocatalyst selection and genetic modification -- Organic pollutants -- The carbon cycle and xenobiotic compounds -- Biodegradation of organic compounds -- Application of biotechnologies to the treatment of organic pollutants -- Nitrate and phosphate pollution -- Nitrogen and phosphorus in the environment -- Microbial removal of nitrates -- Macrophyte systems for nitrate and phosphate removal -- Sulphur and nitrogen oxides -- Environmental impacts of sulphur and nitrogen oxides -- Desulphurization of coal and oils -- Metal and radionuclide pollutants -- Environmental fate and effects of metals and radionuclides -- Metal and radionuclide biotreatment -- Biotechnology for metal and radionuclide removal and recovery -- Future prospects.