Main Title |
Phosphorus in the environment, its chemistry and biochemistry. |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North Holland, |
Year Published |
1978 |
Report Number |
78004289 |
OCLC Number |
03748547 |
ISBN |
0444900314; 9780444900319; 9021940639 (Excerpta Medica); 9789021940632 (Excerpta Medica) |
Subjects |
Phosphorus--Environmental aspects--Congresses ;
Phosphorus--Congresses ;
Environment--Congresses ;
Phosphorus--Congresses ;
Ecologia ;
Poluicao ambiental ;
Nao metais e seus compostos (quimica) ;
Phosphorus ;
Phosphorus--Environmental aspects
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Additional Subjects |
Phosphorus--Congresses ;
Phosphorus--Environmental aspects--Congresses
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBM |
QH545.P5S95 1977 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
ix, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Proceedings of the Symposium on the Economy and Chemistry of Phosphorus, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 13-15th Sept. 1977. Editors: Ruth Porter and David W. FitzSimons. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents Notes |
Phosphorus, a general introduction / R.J.P. Williams -- Phosphorus and mankind's problems today / John R. Van Wazer -- World resources of phosphorus / Johan W. Brinck -- Some economic and technical factors affecting use of phosphate raw materials / Guerry H. McClellan, Travis P. Hignett -- Modern mankind's influence on the natural cycles of phosphorus / E.J. Griffith -- Phosphorus biochemistry / R.J.P. Williams -- The organic chemistry of phosphate transfer / Anthony J. Kirby -- The biological importance of organophosphorus compounds containing a carbon-phosphorus bond / Thomas D. Inch -- Metabolic factors and the utilization of phosphorus by plants / B.C. Loughman -- Phosphorus cycles of forest and upland grassland ecosystems and some effects of land management practices / A.F. Harrison -- Phosphorus and the eutrophication of lakes : a personal view / C.S. Reynolds -- The dissipation of phosphorus in sewage and sewage effluents / R.W. Collingwood -- Balance sheet for phosphorus in the UK / J.C. Bowman -- The use of phosphate in detergents and possible replacements for phosphate / P.A. Gilbert, A.L. De Jong -- The rationale for a ban on detergent phosphate in the Great Lakes Basin / Gerorger R. Alexander Jr. -- Can the availability of phosphorus be critical for mankind? / R.J.P. Williams. |