Geochemistry of Trace Metals in the Scheldt Estuary

• Author : W. Baeyens
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 17 April 2013

Oceans and lakes are characterized by large residence times and can thus be considered as being in an equilibrium or quasi-equilibrium state. In contrast, estuaries, which constitute the interface between the fresh water and marine ecosystems, are biogeochemically and physically very dynamic. Strong gradients in physical and chemical variables such as temperature, pH, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, amount and composition of particulates result from the mixing of fresh water and saline end members. These gradients provoke increased biogeochemical processes, generally

• Author : Gertjan Zwolsman,Jean Jacques Gérard Zwolsman
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 1999

• Author : S.V. Meijerink
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 06 December 2012

More than 200 major river basins are shared by two or more countries and, together, these basins account for about 60% of the earth's land area, constituting a significant portion of the world's fresh water resources. They are thus both a significant asset to the nations sharing them, as well as a potential source of conflict. This book presents a generic framework for the analysis of decision making on international river issues. It emphasises the strategic character of the interactions between the

• Author : C.H.R. Heip,Peter M. J. Herman
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 30 November 1995

Nineteen papers representing the results of a project funded by the Commission of the European Communities to study macrotidal estuaries from the Elbe to the Tagus in a comparative and coherent manner by way of a standardized methodology. The papers address topics in primary production, bacterial processes, zooplankton, hyperbenthos, meiobenthos, macrobenthos, and modeling. A major result of the comparison is that salinity gradients explain species succession within each estuary, yet similar succession series are found at different salinity levels in

• Author : Mark Zuehlke
• Publisher : D & M Publishers
• Release : 01 July 2009

Mark Zuehlke is an expert at narrating the history of life on the battlefield for the Canadian army during World War II. In Terrible Victory, he provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation of western Holland. Readers are there as soldiers fight in the muddy quagmire, enduring a battle that lasted three weeks and in which 6,000 soldiers perished. Terrible Victory is a powerful story of courage, survival, and skill.

• Author : Stephen A. Hart
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 2023

• Author : Wilfried Michaelis
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 06 December 2012

All over the world, the awareness of the increasing pollution of rivers, estuaries and the sea with its associated impact on these ecosystems, its effect on organisms, food-chains, water supply and finally on man himself is growing. Estuaries form a link between the limnetic and marine environments, characterized by a variety of complex processes. Most of these phenomena are not yet sufficiently understood, making efficient water quality management a difficult task. The volume has two main objectives: to present the

• Author : Anh Duc Nguyen
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 01 November 2008

Multi-channel estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and the Scheldt in the Netherlands, have characteristics of both the river and the sea, forming a unique environment influenced by tidal movements of the sea and freshwater flow of the river. This study addresses a number of knowledge gaps in multi-channel estuaries by developing a predictive analytical approach for salinity intrusion and discharge estimate in multi-channel estuaries. The new approach agrees well with 1-D hydrodynamic models and observations, indicating its

• Author : John W. Day, Jr.,W. Michael Kemp,Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia,Byron C. Crump
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 19 September 2012

Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet--critical to the life cycles of fish, other aquatic animals, and the creatures which feed on them. Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition, covers the physical and chemical aspects of estuaries, the biology and ecology of key organisms, the flow of organic matter through estuaries, and human interactions, such as the environmental impact of fisheries on estuaries and the effects of global climate change on these important ecosystems. Authored by a team

• Author : Haro Frederik van Panhuys
• Publisher : BRILL
• Release : 20 October 1978

• Author : S. Wartel,F. De Meuter,A. Ringele,Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 1983

• Author : Sonja Karstens
• Publisher : IOS Press
• Release : 07 June 2023

Bridging Boundaries: Making Scale Choices in Multi-Actor Policy Analysis on Water Management synthesizes different perspectives on scale choices (spatial boundary setting, temporal boundary setting and selection of level of aggregation) in policy analysis. Scale choices influence the content of a study (the problems on the agenda, the options found and the impacts addressed) and the process (actors involved, their dedication and criticalness). Scale choices are not politically neutral: they may have advantages or disadvantages for certain actors by putting their

• Author : Wim Blockmans,Mikhail Krom,Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 17 February 2017

The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600 explores the links between maritime trading networks around Europe, from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic to the North and Baltic Seas. Maritime trade routes connected diverse geographical and cultural spheres, contributing to a more integrated Europe in both cultural and material terms. This volume explores networks’ economic functions alongside their intercultural exchanges, contacts and practical arrangements in ports on the European coasts. The collection takes as its central question how shippers

• Author : Dwight David Eisenhower
• Publisher : JHU Press
• Release : 02 July 1997

"Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life." -- New York Times

• Author : Alain Demoulin
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 25 August 2017

This book provides an informative and intriguing overview of the most scenic landscapes of Belgium and Luxembourg. Geodiversity is emphasized, for example the periglacial features in the Hautes Fagnes area, the planation surfaces in the Ardennes and Oesling, and the famous caves of Han/Lesse and Remouchamps. The book’s chief goals are to provide the reader with enjoyable and informative descriptions of the selected sites within their regional geographical and geological settings; to offer an up-to-date survey of the