Polar Microbiology: The Ecology, Biodiversity and Bioremediation Potential of Microorganisms in Extremely Cold Environments
Editor(s): Asim K. Bej, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA;
Jackie Aislabie, Landcare Research, Hamilton, New Zealand;
Ronald M. Atlas, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Price: $159.95
Cat. #: 83848
ISBN: 9781420083842
Publication Date: December 23, 2009
Binding: Hardback
Pollution has accompanied polar exploration since Captain John Davis’ arrival on the Antarctic continent in 1821 and has become an unavoidable consequence of oil spills in our polar regions. Fortunately, many of the organisms indigenous to Polar ecosystems have the ability to degrade pollutants. It...
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Rapid Bioassessment of Stream Health
Duncan L. Hughes, North GA Technical College, Clarkesville, Georgia, USA; James Gore, University Tampa, Florida, USA; Michele P. Brossett, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; John R. Olson, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Price: $129.95
Cat. #: 90917
ISBN: 9781420090918
Publication Date: December 23, 2009
Binding: Hardback
Regulatory agencies can only determine if the streams that they are examining fall within guidelines once a stream health classification system has been developed. This book describes the processes needed to create a regional system for assessing the health of streams using a relatively rapid...
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The Conversion to Sustainable Agriculture: Principles, Processes, and Practices
Editor(s): Stephen R. Gliessman, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA;
Martha Rosemeyer, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, USA
Price: $89.95
Cat. #: 1917
ISBN: 9780849319174
Publication Date: December 21, 2009
Binding: Hardback
With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the past?higher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reduction?can be counted on to come to the rescue. In...
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Groundwater Economics
Charles A. Job, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
Price: $139.95
Cat. #: K10444
ISBN: 9781439809006
Publication Date: December 21, 2009
Binding: Hardback
A unified discussion of groundwater and its economic importance, this book explores cost/benefit analysis and approaches for the different aspects of use, protection, and remediation. It examines the development of the legal basis for use and access rights, then addresses drinking water, irrigation...
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Environmental Chemistry, Ninth Edition
Stanley E. Manahan, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Price: $99.95
Cat. #: 59203
ISBN: 9781420059205
Publication Date: December 17, 2009
Binding: Hardback
The field of environmental chemistry has evolved significantly since the publication of the first edition of Environmental Chemistry. Throughout the book’s long life, it has chronicled emerging issues such as organochloride pesticides, detergent phosphates, stratospheric ozone depletion, the...
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CAD and GIS Integration
Hassan A. Karimi, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Burcu Akinci, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Price: $89.95
Cat. #: AU6805
ISBN: 9781420068054
Publication Date: December 17, 2009
Binding: Hardback
When used together effectively, computer-aided design (CAD) and geospatial information systems (GIS) have a solid track record for streamlining decision making and reducing inefficiencies in the design, planning, and execution of critical operations and projects. And a growing number of engineering...
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Developing a Safety and Health Program, Second Edition
Daniel E. Della-Giustina, West Virginia University, USA
Price: $89.95
Cat. #: K10738
ISBN: 9781439814383
Publication Date: December 17, 2009
Binding: Hardback
The second edition of a bestseller, this book examines the elements of a safety and health program and delineates how to incorporate them into an organization’s safety efforts. It begins by defining safety policy and gives an overview of OSHA and other regulatory agencies. It covers hazard...
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Remote Sensing of Glaciers: Techniques for Topographic, Spatial and Thematic Mapping of Glaciers
Editor(s): Petri Pellikka, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland;
W. Gareth Rees, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, England
Price: $138.00
Cat. #: K00090
ISBN: 9780415401661
Publication Date: December 16, 2009
Binding: Hardback
Glaciers and ice sheets have been melting significantly during recent decades, posing environmental threats at local, regional and global scales. Changes in glaciers are one of the clearest indicators of alterations in regional climate, since they are governed by changes in accumulation (from...
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Optical Mineralogy
Editor(s): Pramod Kumar Verma, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Price: $129.95
Cat. #: AB7758
ISBN: 9781420077582
Publication Date: December 15, 2009
Binding: Hardback
Designed to be useful even after students have completed their formal optical mineralogy course, Optical Mineralogy covers advances in instrumentation and includes illustrations of minerals as seen through petrologival microscopes. The initial chapters familiarize readers with essential concepts in...
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Image Analysis, Classification, and Change Detection in Remote Sensing: With Algorithms for ENVI/IDL, Second Edition
Morton J. Canty, Juelich Research Center, Germany
Price: $119.95
Cat. #: 87134
ISBN: 9781420087130
Publication Date: December 15, 2009
Binding: Hardback
Demonstrating the breadth and depth of growth in the field since the publication of the popular first edition, Image Analysis, Classification and Change Detection in Remote Sensing, with Algorithms for ENVI/IDL, Second Edition has been updated and expanded to keep pace with the latest versions of...
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