Beschreibung:
This book is a collection of state-of-the-art reviews on the global problems of diffuse water pollution from agriculture, which affects the water quality of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the oceans. It includes chapters on eutrophication, phosphorus, nitrogen, manure, heavy metals, carbon/persistent organic pollutants and soil/siltation problems. The book is broken down into three parts and reflects the opinions of the world's experts in these subjects.
Agriculture and catchment water quality; soil and sediment transfers; managing manures for water quality - problems and options; catchment scale simulation of nitrate export; carbon transfers from soil to water; transfer of heavy metals from sewage sludge amended soils; persistent organic pollutant transfer from soils to water; farm nutrient balances. (Part contents).