Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea: present situation, nutrient transport processes, remedial strategies

For many years the reduction of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea has been a hot issue for mass-media, science, political parties and environmental action groups with manifold implications related to fisheries (will the Baltic cod survive?), sustainable coastal development (have billions of Euros been wasted onnitrogen reductions?), ecotoxicology (can we safely eat Baltic fish?). This book takes a holistic process-based ecosystem perspective on the eutrophicationin the Baltic Sea, with a focus on the factors regulating how the system would respond to changes in nutrient loading. This includes a very special processfor the Baltic Sea: land uplift. After being depressed by the glacial ice, the land is now slowly rising adding vast amounts of previously deposited nutrients and clay particles to the system. 110,000 to 140,000 tons of phosphorus per year are added to the system from land uplift, in comparison to the 30,000 tons of phosphorus per year from rivers Presents a remedial strategy to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Seas, which challenges the accepted remedial strategy INDICE: Introduction and Aims.- Basic Information on the Baltic Sea.- Water Exchange.- Nutrients and Bioindicators.- Nutrient Dynamics.- Strategies for Remediation.- Epilogue.- References.- Appendices.

• ISBN: 978-3-540-70908-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 310
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés