Pollution : ecology and biotreatment /
McEldowney, Sharron.
Pollution : ecology and biotreatment / Sharron McEldowney, David J. Hardman, Stephen Waite. - Harlow : Longman Scientific & Technical, 1933. - xix, 322p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Principles and perspectives -- 1.The environment and pollution -- 2.Assessing the environmental fate and potential impact of pollutants -- 3.Treatment technologies -- 4.Biocatalyst selection and genetic modification -- Organic pollutants -- 5.The carbon cycle and xenobiotic compounds -- 6.Biodegradation of organic compounds -- 7.Application of biotechnologies to the treatment of organic pollutants -- 8.Nitrogen and phosphorous in the environment -- 9.Microbial removal of nitrates -- 10.Macrophyte systems for nitrate and phosphate removal -- Suphur and nitrogen oxides -- 11.Environmental impacts of sulphur and nitrogen oxides -- 12.Desulphurization of coal and oils -- Metal and radionuclide pollutants -- 13.Environmental fate and the effects of metals and radionuclides -- 14.Metal and radionuclide biotreatment -- 15.Biotechnology for metal and radionuclide removal and recovery.
Amongst the areas covered in this text are: principles and perspectives on the environment and pollution; treatment technologies; organic pollutants; nitrate and phosphate pollution; sulphur and nitrogen oxides; and metal and radionuclide pollutants.
9780582086555 (pbk) : £19.95 9780470221440 (U.S.) 0582086558
Environmental chemistry.
Bioremediation.
Pollution & threats to the environment
Biotechnology
Sanitary & municipal engineering
363.73 MCE
Pollution : ecology and biotreatment / Sharron McEldowney, David J. Hardman, Stephen Waite. - Harlow : Longman Scientific & Technical, 1933. - xix, 322p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Principles and perspectives -- 1.The environment and pollution -- 2.Assessing the environmental fate and potential impact of pollutants -- 3.Treatment technologies -- 4.Biocatalyst selection and genetic modification -- Organic pollutants -- 5.The carbon cycle and xenobiotic compounds -- 6.Biodegradation of organic compounds -- 7.Application of biotechnologies to the treatment of organic pollutants -- 8.Nitrogen and phosphorous in the environment -- 9.Microbial removal of nitrates -- 10.Macrophyte systems for nitrate and phosphate removal -- Suphur and nitrogen oxides -- 11.Environmental impacts of sulphur and nitrogen oxides -- 12.Desulphurization of coal and oils -- Metal and radionuclide pollutants -- 13.Environmental fate and the effects of metals and radionuclides -- 14.Metal and radionuclide biotreatment -- 15.Biotechnology for metal and radionuclide removal and recovery.
Amongst the areas covered in this text are: principles and perspectives on the environment and pollution; treatment technologies; organic pollutants; nitrate and phosphate pollution; sulphur and nitrogen oxides; and metal and radionuclide pollutants.
9780582086555 (pbk) : £19.95 9780470221440 (U.S.) 0582086558
Environmental chemistry.
Bioremediation.
Pollution & threats to the environment
Biotechnology
Sanitary & municipal engineering
363.73 MCE