Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal

Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal

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Book Description
Written by a leader in the growing field of ecological engineering, Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal presents scientific studies that illustrate how natural systems use wetlands to adapt to changes in the ecosystem. It focuses primarily on lead, one of the first materials used by developing civilizations and a metal used heavily in the industrial era. The goal: to achieve a better fit of economics and the earth's natural cycles.

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A text discussing how wetland function affects heavy metal contamination, answering important questions about the processes involved in their disposal. Presents scientific studies showing how natural systems use wetlands to adapt to ecosystem changes, proposing that adapted natural systems be used to dispose of heavy metal wastes. DLC: Heavy metals--Environmental aspects.

Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal,Howard T. Odum,CRC,1566704014,Bioremediation,Ecology,Environmental Engineering & Technology,Environmental aspects,Heavy metals,Industrial Pollutants,Lead,Life Sciences - Ecology,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Wetland ecology,Wetlands Ecology,Applied ecology,Biogeography,Environmental science,Pollution & threats to the environment,Science / Environmental Science

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