Ecological Effects of Thermal DischargesSpringer Science & Business Media, 30.11.1990 - 468 Seiten The job of the responsible zoologist should be to assess or attempt to predict the consequences of any effluent or other environmental disturbance as objectively as possible, bearing in mind both the needs of conservation and the reasonable demands of man. |
Inhalt
Heat Disposal and the Sources of Thermal Discharges | 1 |
The Physical Effects of Thermal Discharges | 27 |
Effects of Thermal Discharges on Water Chemistry | 66 |
Experimental Studies and the Predicted Biological Effects of Thermal Discharges | 101 |
Bacteria Fungi and Other Heterotrophs | 138 |
Algae and Macrophytes | 163 |
Rotifera and Microcrustacea | 204 |
Macroinvertebrates | 225 |
Vertebrates | 271 |
Combined Effects Uses of Waste Heat Thermal Criteria and the Law | 325 |
References and Bibliography | 369 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abundance algae aquatic Aston bacteria Barnett and Hardy bass behaviour benthic benthos biological caused CEGB CEGB Internal Report changes chemical Chironomidae chlorine coastal concentrations condenser cooling system cooling towers cooling water cooling-water systems Coughlan Coutant Crustacea densities dosing downstream ecological ecosystems effects of temperature effects of thermal effluent electricity entrainment Environmental estuary exposure factors fauna fish fluctuations freshwater growth habitats heated effluent heated waters IAEA increased intake invertebrates Jolley Lake Langford 1983a largemouth bass Leatherhead lethal temperature marine mg litre¹ molluscs mortalities nuclear power station Oligochaeta organisms outfall oxygen phytoplankton plankton pollution ponds populations power plant predicted range rates receiving water reduced River River Trent salinity sampling seasonal showed spawning studies substrate summer surface survival temperature thermal discharge thermal discharge canal thermal effluent thermal plume tolerance toxicity upstream warm water waste heat water currents water temperatures winter zooplankton
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 433 - Integration of thermal and food processing residuals into a system for commercial culture of freshwater shrimp, (power plant waste heat utilization in aquaculture).
Seite 437 - WH 1969. Greening and copper accumulation in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in the vicinity of a steam electric generating station.
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