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Main Title Nutrient control actions for improving water quality in the Mississippi River basin and northern Gulf of Mexico /
CORP Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation.
Publisher National Academies Press,
Year Published 2009
OCLC Number 299240563
ISBN 030913000X; 9780309130004
Subjects Nutrient pollution of water--Mississippi River ; Marine eutrophication--Mexico, Gulf of ; Hypoxia (Water)--Mexico, Gulf of ; Nonpoint source pollution--United States ; Fertilizers--Environmental aspects--United States ; Water--Pollution--United States ; Agricultural pollution--United States ; Eutrophication--United States ; Watershed management--United States ; Gulf of Mexico ; Agricultural pollution--Environmental aspects ; Agricultural pollution--Environmental aspects--United States
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EKCM  TD427.N87N38 2009 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 10/13/2009
Collation x, 79 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-68).
Contents Notes
Summary -- Introduction -- Nutrient inputs and water quality effects -- Getting started: a nutrient control implementation initiative (NCII) -- Allocating nutrient load reduction targets -- Monitoring the effectiveness of nutrient control actions and strategies -- Overcoming perceived obstacles to actions. The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world. In this book, the National Research Council provides a broad overview of the ecological impacts of climate change, and a series of examples of impacts of different kinds.