Estuaries and Nutrients
Neilson, Bruce J.; Cronin, L.Eugene
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hardcover. Series: Contemporary Issues in Science and Society. Num Pages: 643 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2490.
Estuaries are eternally enriched. Their positions at the foot of watersheds and their convenience as receiving bodies for the wastes of cites, towns and farms results in continuous addition of nutrients - those elements and compounds which are essential for organic production. Such materials must be added to these complex bodies of water to sustain production, since there is a net loss of water and its contents to the oceans. Enrichment from land and the ocean and the subsequent cycling of the original chemicals or their derivatives contribute to the extraordinarily high values of estuaries for human purposes. Many estuaries ... Read more
Estuaries are eternally enriched. Their positions at the foot of watersheds and their convenience as receiving bodies for the wastes of cites, towns and farms results in continuous addition of nutrients - those elements and compounds which are essential for organic production. Such materials must be added to these complex bodies of water to sustain production, since there is a net loss of water and its contents to the oceans. Enrichment from land and the ocean and the subsequent cycling of the original chemicals or their derivatives contribute to the extraordinarily high values of estuaries for human purposes. Many estuaries ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Humana United States
Number of pages
643
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Issues in Science and Society
Number of Pages
643
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780896030350
SKU
V9780896030350
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