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Colour and clarity of natural waters: science and management of optical water quality / R.J. Davies-Colley, W.N. Vant, D.G. Smith

By: Davies-Colley, R.J. (Robert James), 1952-.
Contributor(s): Vant, W. N, 1952- | Smith, D.G.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : London : Ellis Horwood, 1993Description: xxiv, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0131465805 : ; 1930665717 (reprint 2003).Subject(s): WATER | COLOUR | CLARITY | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT | LIGHT | MANAGEMENT | MEASUREMENT | TURBIDITY | SECCHI DISCS | BLACK DISCS | INLAND WATERS | LAKES | RIVERS | ESTUARIES | ATTENUATION | SUSPENDED MATTER | SEDIMENTS | PHYTOPLANKTONHoldings: GRETA POINT: 556.113 DAV (2 copies)
Contents:
1. Introduction. 1.1. Optical water quality. 1.2. 'Aquatic optics' -- the behaviour of light in water. 1.3. Scope and purpose of the book. 1.4. Structure of the book -- 2. Concepts. 2.1. Introduction -- water as an optical medium. 2.2. Inherent optical properties of water. 2.3. Apparent optical properties of water. 2.4. Light-attenuating constituents of water. 2.5. Clarity of waters. 2.6. Water colour. 2.7. Synthesis -- 3. Measurement. 3.2. Apparent optical properties. 3.3. Inherent optical properties. 3.4. Water clarity. 3.5. Water colour. 3.6. Determinants of water colour and clarity. 3.7. Optical monitoring of water quality -- 4. Colour and clarity in different aquatic environments. 4.2. Lakes. 4.3. Rivers. 4.4. Estuaries. 4.5. Comparisons -- 5. Managing colour and clarity. 5.2. Review of international criteria and guidelines. 5.3. Development of improved guidelines for optical water quality. 5.4. Point discharges of light-attenuating materials. 5.5. Control of suspended solids from soil erosion -- 5.6. Control of phytoplankton -- 6. Case studies. 6.2. Lake Coleridge: effects of turbid glacial waters on optical water quality. 6.3. Lake Whangape: changed optical quality linked to macrophyte decline. 6.4. Lakes Rotorua and Okaro: light attenuation in two contrasting lakes. 6.5. Lake Horowhenua: changes in optical water quality following sewage effluent diversion. 6.6. Tarawera River: effects of Kraft effluent on optical water quality. 6.7. Whanganui River: effects of tributary diversion on optical water quality -- 7. Future directions. 7.1. Overview. 7.2. Concepts (Chapter 2). 7.3. Measurement (Chapter 3). 7.4. Different aquatic systems (Chapter 4). 7.5. Management (Chapter 5). 7.6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Radiation quantities and description of the light field in water -- Appendix 2 Measurement recipes. A 2.1. Measurement of underwater irradiance profiles. A 2.2. Measurement of underwater beam transmittance for the calculation of beam attenuation coefficient -- A 2.3. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 1: absorption of dissolved organics ('colour' measurement) (yellow substance, Gelbstoff, gilvin). A 2.4. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 2: spectral absorption of total water constituents. A 2.5. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 3: spectral absorption of particulate constituents. A 2.6. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 4: scattering measurements. A 2.7. Nephelometric turbidity measurement. A 2.8. Measurement of visual water clarity by Secchi disc. A 2.9. Measurement of visual water clarity using a black disc ('black spot'). Part 1: in situ measurement. A 2.10. Measurement of visual water clarity using a black disc ('black spot'). Part 2: off-site measurement in a trough. A 2.11. Colour (hue) observations -- Appendix 3 Discharge of light-attenuating effluents to a river: worked example calculations.
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Reprinted in 2003 (ISBN 1930665717) by The Blackburn Press, Caldwell, New Jersey, USA.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction. 1.1. Optical water quality. 1.2. 'Aquatic optics' -- the behaviour of light in water. 1.3. Scope and purpose of the book. 1.4. Structure of the book -- 2. Concepts. 2.1. Introduction -- water as an optical medium. 2.2. Inherent optical properties of water. 2.3. Apparent optical properties of water. 2.4. Light-attenuating constituents of water. 2.5. Clarity of waters. 2.6. Water colour. 2.7. Synthesis -- 3. Measurement. 3.2. Apparent optical properties. 3.3. Inherent optical properties. 3.4. Water clarity. 3.5. Water colour. 3.6. Determinants of water colour and clarity. 3.7. Optical monitoring of water quality -- 4. Colour and clarity in different aquatic environments. 4.2. Lakes. 4.3. Rivers. 4.4. Estuaries. 4.5. Comparisons -- 5. Managing colour and clarity. 5.2. Review of international criteria and guidelines. 5.3. Development of improved guidelines for optical water quality. 5.4. Point discharges of light-attenuating materials. 5.5. Control of suspended solids from soil erosion -- 5.6. Control of phytoplankton -- 6. Case studies. 6.2. Lake Coleridge: effects of turbid glacial waters on optical water quality. 6.3. Lake Whangape: changed optical quality linked to macrophyte decline. 6.4. Lakes Rotorua and Okaro: light attenuation in two contrasting lakes. 6.5. Lake Horowhenua: changes in optical water quality following sewage effluent diversion. 6.6. Tarawera River: effects of Kraft effluent on optical water quality. 6.7. Whanganui River: effects of tributary diversion on optical water quality -- 7. Future directions. 7.1. Overview. 7.2. Concepts (Chapter 2). 7.3. Measurement (Chapter 3). 7.4. Different aquatic systems (Chapter 4). 7.5. Management (Chapter 5). 7.6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Radiation quantities and description of the light field in water -- Appendix 2 Measurement recipes. A 2.1. Measurement of underwater irradiance profiles. A 2.2. Measurement of underwater beam transmittance for the calculation of beam attenuation coefficient -- A 2.3. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 1: absorption of dissolved organics ('colour' measurement) (yellow substance, Gelbstoff, gilvin). A 2.4. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 2: spectral absorption of total water constituents. A 2.5. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 3: spectral absorption of particulate constituents. A 2.6. Absorption and scattering measurement by spectrophotometer. Part 4: scattering measurements. A 2.7. Nephelometric turbidity measurement. A 2.8. Measurement of visual water clarity by Secchi disc. A 2.9. Measurement of visual water clarity using a black disc ('black spot'). Part 1: in situ measurement. A 2.10. Measurement of visual water clarity using a black disc ('black spot'). Part 2: off-site measurement in a trough. A 2.11. Colour (hue) observations -- Appendix 3 Discharge of light-attenuating effluents to a river: worked example calculations.

GRETA POINT: 556.113 DAV (2 copies)

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