In the summer of 2023, the people of the UK and Ireland were stunned when a foul-smelling green algae bloom blanketed the surface of Lough Neagh - the largest freshwater body on these islands - suffocating aquatic life and signalling an unprecedented environmental disaster.
The challenges that the world's running water systems now face have never been more numerous or acute; at the same time, these complex habitats remain absolutely crucial to human wellbeing and future survival.
Get to grips with the key concepts that have shaped the way we think about the environment, ecosystems, and biodiversity, and our role in protecting the planet.
The 2015 International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE2015) aims to provide a platform where scholars from different countries can exchange ideas, opinions and views.
Supplying sustenance for millions of the poorest people in the world, freshwater flora and fauna also contribute to overall economic well-being by means of export commodity trade, tourism, and recreation.
Ein Lob der lebendigen und stillen WasserOb Mairegen oder Morgentau, schlammige Pfütze oder lichter Weiher, wilder Fluss oder das dunkle Auge des Moores, unerschöpflich fördert das Wasser den Reichtum des Lebens.
Biology and Management of Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels in the Western United States is a synthesis of the biology and management of invasive mussels from scientists and managers working on invasive quagga and zebra mussels in the western United States.
Tasked by the Clean Water Act to restore and maintain the integrity of their waters, state and local governments must develop systems for assessing the health of the streams within their borders.
This book explores the interconnections of internal phosphorus loading, cyanobacteria, and climate change and their role in determining water quality in freshwater.
Ponds and pools are a common feature of our landscape - there are at least ten times as many ponds as lakes in the UK - and they are also important wildlife habitats.
Rivers have been vitally important to human populations worldwide for millennia as "e;highways"e; for inland travel, and as sources of water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, manufacturing, irrigation, and power generation, as well as repositories for human, animal, and industrial wastes.
Wetland and Stream Rapid Assessments: Development, Validation, and Application describes the scientific and environmental policy background for rapid wetland and stream assessments, how such assessment methods are developed and statistically verified, and how they can be used in environmental decision-making-including wetland and stream permitting.
Sobre y en el borde de la plataforma continental en el Golfo de Salamanca, Caribe colombiano, hay fondos duros dispersos con variada fauna y flora coralina, denominados en su conjunto Banco de las Ánimas.
Sobre y en el borde de la plataforma continental en el Golfo de Salamanca, Caribe colombiano, hay fondos duros dispersos con variada fauna y flora coralina, denominados en su conjunto Banco de las Ánimas.
Die Schnecken haben vor rund 400 Millionen Jahren vom Meer ausgehend das Festland erobert und die verschiedensten terrestrischen Lebensräume besiedelt.