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050 _aR QH 541.15.M64 .En89 2004
245 0 _aEnvironmental monitoring and characterization /
_c[edited by] Janick F. Artiola, Ian L. Pepper, Mark L. Brusseau.
260 _aBurlington, Mass. :
_bElsevier Academic Press,
_cc2004.
300 _axii, 410 p. :
_bill.
_c29 cm.
500 _aAn integrated, hands-on resource for monitoring all aspects of the environment. Sample collection methods and relevant physical, chemical and biological processes necessary to characterize the environment are brought together in twenty chapters which cover: sample collection methods, monitoring terrestrial, aquatic and air environments, and relevant chemical, physical and biological processes and contaminants. This book will serve as an authoritative reference for advanced students and environmental professionals. Its key features are: ̦Outlines the newest methods for collecting, analyzing and interpreting environmental samples ̦ Examines the integration of physical, chemical, and biological processes ̦ Emphasizes field methods and real-time data acquisition, made more accessible with case studies, problems, calculations, and questions ̦ Includes four color illustrations throughout the text ̦ Brings together the concepts of environmental monitoring and site characterization
520 _aTable of Contents 1 Monitoring and characterization of the environment 2 Sampling and data quality objectives in environmental monitoring 3 Statistics and geostatistics in environmental monitoring 4 Automated data acquisition and processing 5 Maps in environmental monitoring 6 Geographic information systems and their use for environmental monitoring 7 Soil and vadose zone sampling 8 Groundwater sampling 9 Monitoring surface waters 10 Monitoring near-surface air quality 11 Remote sensing for environmental monitoring 12 Environmental physical properties and processes 13 Chemical properties and processes 14 Environmental microbial properties and processes 15 Physical contaminants 16 Chemical contaminants 17 Microbial contaminants 18 Soil and groundwater remediation 19 Ecological restoration 20 Risk assessment and environmental regulations
650 _aEnvironmental monitoring.
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700 _aArtiola, Janick F.
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700 _aBrusseau, Mark L.
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700 _aPepper, Ian
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