The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry - 46: Emerging Contaminants in River Ecosystems - Occurrence and Effects Under Multiple Stress Conditions

This volume offers an overview of the occurrence of emerging organiccontaminants in Mediterranean rivers and their relevance to their chemical and ecologicalquality under water scarcity. With chapters covering the effects under multiple stressconditions of pharmaceuticals, polar pesticides, personal care products, and industrialchemicals, the observations presented can be applicable to other parts of theworld where water scarcity is an issue . It is of interest to environmentalchemists, ecologists, environmental engineers, and ecotoxicologists, as well aswater managers and decision-makers.

List of contents

Introductionon emerging contaminants in rivers and their environmental risk.- Contaminantsof emerging concern in Mediterranean watersheds.- Emerging organic contaminantsin aquifers: Sources, transport, fate, and attenuation.- Effects of emergingcontaminants on biodiversity, community structure, and adaptation of riverbiota.- Bioaccumulation of emerging contaminants in the biota: patterns inMediterranean river networks.- Ecosystem responses to emerging contaminants:fate and effects of pharmaceuticals in a Mediterranean river.- Fate anddegradation of emerging contaminants in rivers: Models review.- The emerging contaminants in the context of the EUWater Framework Directive.

Summary

This volume offers an overview of the occurrence of emerging organic
contaminants in Mediterranean rivers and their relevance to their chemical and ecological
quality under water scarcity. With chapters covering the effects under multiple stress
conditions of pharmaceuticals, polar pesticides, personal care products, and industrial
chemicals, the observations presented can be applicable to other parts of the
world where water scarcity is an issue . It is of interest to environmental
chemists, ecologists, environmental engineers, and ecotoxicologists, as well as
water managers and decision-makers.

Product details

• Assisted by: Damià Barceló (Editor), Arturo Elosegi (Editor), Arturo Elosegi et al (Editor), Mira Petrovic (Editor), Serg Sabater (Editor), Sergi Sabater (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319293745
• ISBN: 978-3-31-929374-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 248 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 467 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 220 p. 33 illus., 10 illus. in color.
• Sets: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works