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| View Larger Image | Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution
by Committee on the Causes and Management of Eutrophication, Ocean Studies Board, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council, National Research Council, Management of Eutrophication, Committee on the Causes
| | List Price: | $57.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 1622593 | | Studio: | National Academies Press | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 300 | | Publication Date: | July 01, 2000 | | Publisher: | National Academies Press |
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Product Description
Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in toxic algal blooms, shellfish poisoning, coral reef destruction, and other harmful outcomes. All U.S. coasts show signs of nutrient over-enrichment, and scientists predict worsening problems in the years ahead. Clean Coastal Waters explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enrichment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and communication. Highlighting the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone," the Pfiesteria outbreak in a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and other cases, the book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible. Economic as well as ecological impacts are examined. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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This is a perfect book for managers and scientists 
This book not only describes controlling mechanisms and direct/indirect effects of nutrient over-enrichment but also provides possible solutions to the nutrient pollution. I especially appreciate the special effort to get input from regional scientists and managers since the dynamics of nutrient pollution may be dependent on specific region and time. This book, in fact, attempts to determine susceptibility of coastal zone to the nutrient over-enrichment in Chapter 6. It presented major factors affecting estuarine susceptibility which attracted my attention. In conclusion, this book serves as an excellent guide for scientists and managers struggling to better understand causes and effects of the nutrient pollution at both regional and national scales for better management of the coastal zones in the U.S.
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