Recovery and restoration of damaged ecosystems : proceedings of the International Symposium on the Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, on March 23-25, 1975 / edited by J. Cairns, Jr., K.L. Dickson and E.E. Herricks.
By: International Symposium on the Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems (1975 : Blacksburgh, Va.).
Contributor(s): Cairns, John | Dickson, Kenneth L | Herricks, Edwin E.
Material type: BookPublisher: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1977Description: x, 531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0813906768; 9780813906768.Subject(s): ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS | RESTORATION | ECOSYSTEMS | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | FRESHWATER ECOLOGY | LAKES | ESTUARINE ECOLOGY | STREAMS | CONFERENCESHoldings: GRETA POINT: 502.171:574 INTItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Contributors -- Reinhabiting the Earth: Life Support and the Future Primitive / Robert R. Curry -- Recovery of Streams from Spills of Hazardous Materials / John Cairns, Jr., and Kenneth L. Dickson -- Recovery of Streams from Chronic Pollutional Stress: Acid Mine Drainage / Edwin E. Herricks -- Restoration and Recovery of the Thames Estuary / A.L.H. Gameson and Alwyne Wheeler -- Recovery of Lake Washington from Eutrophication / W.T. Edmondson -- Recovery and Restoration of Damaged Lakes in Sweden / Sven Bjork -- Artificial Aeration and Oxygenation of Lakes as a Restoration Technique / Arlo W. Fast -- The Santa Barbara Oil Spill: An Ecological Disaster? / Michael S. Foster and Robert W. Holmes -- Recovery of Some British Rocky Seashores from Oil Spills and Clean-up Operations / Anthony Nelson-Smith -- Changes in the Vegetation of an Oiled Southampton Water Salt Marsh / Brian Dicks -- Strategies for the Reintroduction of Species to Damaged Ecosystems / Daniel B. Botkin -- Fire: A Destructive Menace or a Natural Process? / Richard J. Vogl -- Environmental Factors in Surface Mine Recovery / Ronald D. Hill and Elmore C. Grim -- Ecosystem Development on Coal Surface-Mined Lands, 1918-75 / Charles V. Riley -- Nutrient Accumulation by Vegetation during the First Year of Recovery of a Tropical Forest Ecosystem / P.A. Harcombe -- Recovery of Tropical Lowland Forest Ecosystems / Paul A. Opler, Herbert G. Baker, and Gordon W. Frankie -- Recovery of Disturbed Tundra and Taiga Surfaces in Alaska / Keith Van Cleve -- Recovering the American City: Minneapolis as a Case Study / David R. Goldfield -- Political Problems Inherent in Environmental Protection Legislation and Implementation / Martha Sager -- A Challenge for Action: Symposium Analysis / John Cairns, Jr., Kenneth L. Dickson, Edwin E. Herricks -- Conference Summary / Robert B. Platt.
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