Overview
- Enables the reader to explore the links between the biology, chemistry and hydromorphology of a large river
- Offers a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of the Danube water quality
- Written by reputed experts in their fields
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 39)
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This volume offers a comprehensive review of the chemical, biological and hydromorphological quality of the Danube. The first part examines the chemical pollution of surface waters, focusing on organic compounds (with special emphasis given to EU WFD priority substances and Danube River Basin specific pollutants), heavy metals and nutrients. Attention is also given to pollution of groundwater and drinking water resources by hazardous substances and to radioactivity in the Danube. The second part highlights the biology and hydromorphology of the Danube. It focuses on benthic macroinvertebrates, phytobenthos, macrophytes, fish, phytoplankton as well as microbiology, with chapters dedicated to gaps and uncertainties in the ecological status assessment and to invasive alien species. Further chapters dealing with the hydromorphology, sediment management and isotope hydrology complete the overall picture of the status of the Danube.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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“This book contains a review of the chemical, biological and hydro-morphological quality elements of the Danube River by several authors. … This is also perfect book for scientist, managers, stakeholders who are interested in water quality of Danube River Basin.” (I. Grigorszky, Acta Botanica Hungarica, Vol. 58 (3-4), 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Danube River Basin
Editors: Igor Liska
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47739-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-47738-0Published: 21 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-56901-6Published: 14 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-47739-7Published: 14 December 2015
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 523
Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 125 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Geochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Hydrology/Water Resources