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Advances in Marine and Brackishwater Aquaculture
This book compiles the latest findings in the field of marine and brackishwater aquaculture. It covers significant topics such as techniques of culture of live feeds (microalgae, rotifer, Artemia, marine copepod & polychaetes), while also highlighting vital themes like the culture and applications of free and marine sponge associated microbial probiotics, controlled breeding, seed production an…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-81-322-2271-2
- Collation
- XVII, 262
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- 551.46 ADV a
Eutrophication and Oligotrophication in Japanese Estuaries The present statu…
This book presents lessons learnt from Japan’s past, in relation to coastal waters, industrial pollutants and concentrated urban populations. It examines ecosystem damage and pollution in coastal sea areas and addresses the question: What is the present status of Japanese estuaries from the view point of eutrophication and oligotrophication? The authors describe three typical situations, name…
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- 978-94-017-9915-7
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- 17 b/w illustrations, 140 illustrations in colour
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Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs
This book explores the ethnobiology of corals by examining the various ways in which humans, past and present, have exploited and taken care of coral and coralline habitats. This book will bring the educated general audience closer to corals by exploring the various circumstances of human-coral coexistence by providing scientifically sound and jargon-free perspectives and experiences from acro…
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- 978-3-319-23763-3
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- 13 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
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- -
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Toxic Pollutants in China
The book presents some of the findings of research into China’s water quality criteria for toxic pollutants, including heavy metals, PAHs and emerging pollutant. Water quality criteria (WQC) are the scientific basis for establishing water quality standards (WQSs). For a long time, the study of WQC in China has been neglected, so that almost all of China’s WQSs were developed based on foreig…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-017-9795-5
- Collation
- VII, 140
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
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A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
This book introduces updated information on conservation issues, providing an overview of what is needed to advance the global conservation of freshwater decapods such as freshwater crabs, crayfish, and shrimps. Biodiversity loss in general is highest in organisms that depend on intact freshwater habitats, because freshwater ecosystems worldwide are suffering intense threats from multiple s…
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- 978-3-319-42527-6
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- -
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- 333.72 GLO g
Storm Water Management
This book reviews the current state of the art in managing infrastructure, urban regions, industrial regions and inhabited areas with respect to flooding and water damage. The author is a well-known expert in storm water management, and this book gives a broad overview of the different manageable components that play a role in storm water risks. It includes chapters on planning infrastructure a…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-25835-5
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- X, 212
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- -
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Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development
This book provides an up-to-date review of the biology of myxozoans, which represent a divergent clade of endoparasitic cnidarians. Myxozoans are of fundamental interest in understanding how early diverging metazoans have adopted parasitic lifestyles, and are also of considerable economic and ecological concern as endoparasites of fish. Synthesizing recent research, the chapters explore issues …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-14752-9
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- XIII, 441
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- -
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