Published 1992 | Version v1
Book

Water quality in North American river systems

  • 1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)

Description

This book is about water quality and other characteristics of selected ecosystems in North America. It is also about changes that have occurred in these ecosystems as a result of recent human activities-changes that result primarily from development and exploitation to sustain the needs of an ever-increasing population and the technical innovations that sustain it. Fish populations, hydrology, and water quality control efforts are discussed

Availability note (English)

Battelle Press, 505 King Avenue, Columbus OH 43201-2693.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Battelle Press.
Imprint Place
Columbus, Ohio (United States)
ISBN
0-935470-50-6
Imprint Pagination
304 p.

Conference

Title
117. annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS).
Dates
Sep 1987.
Place
Winston-Salem, NC (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24026245
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CLIMATES; COLUMBIA RIVER; FISHES; HYDROLOGY; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO RIVER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATIONS; QUEBEC; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CANADA; CONTROL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; VERTEBRATES