Cadmium in the aquatic environment. Volume 19. Advances in environmental science and technology

Book · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6737978

Nriagu, J O; Sprague, J B ^[1]

---

1. eds.

This book addresses the biogeochemistry of cadmium in the marine and freshwater aquatic environment and comprises 10 chapters on: distribution and cycling of cadmium in the environment; evidence for anthropogenic modification of global transport of cadmium; cadmium in fresh water: The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River; cadmium associations in freshwater and marine sediment; biological cycling of cadmium in fresh water; toxicity of cadmium to freshwater microorganisms, phytoplankton, and invertebrates; effects of cadmium on freshwater fish; effects of cadmium on marine biota; biological cycling of cadmium in marine environment; and methods of cadmium detection. Although there is some overlap of chapter topics, the major compartments of the aquatic system are addressed: atmosphere, water, sediment, phytoplankton, macrophytes, zooplankton, and fish. These chapters are well written and critically review the available data in each area. The research cited is heavily dominated by studies of the Great Lakes and Western European rivers such as the Rhine, but this reflects the degree of cadmium contamination of these important water bodies and the environmental concerns they have raised. Many of the chapters strive to critically address the problems of data quality, which are a result of the great difficulty in detecting cadmium at the ng/L or ..mu..g/kg levels at which cadmium contamination occurs.

• OSTI ID: 6737978
• Resource Relation: Other Information: From review T.J. Logan, Ohio State Univ., in J. Environ. Qual., Vol. 17, No. 1 (1988)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CADMIUM
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FISHES
GREAT LAKES
INVERTEBRATES
MICROORGANISMS
SEDIMENTS
TOXICITY
WATER POLLUTION
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CHEMISTRY
ELEMENTS
GEOCHEMISTRY
LAKES
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
POLLUTION
SURFACE WATERS
VERTEBRATES
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology