Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Estuaries and Coastal Water Quality Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Estuary Restoration and Coastal Water Conservation Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public WorksPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Clean Coastal Waters
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309069483
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in toxic algal blooms, shellfish poisoning, coral reef destruction, and other harmful outcomes. All U.S. coasts show signs of nutrient over-enrichment, and scientists predict worsening problems in the years ahead. Clean Coastal Waters explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enrichment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and communication. Highlighting the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone," the Pfiesteria outbreak in a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and other cases, the book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible. Economic as well as ecological impacts are examined. In addressing abatement strategies, the committee discusses the importance of monitoring sites, developing useful models of over-enrichment, and setting water quality goals. The book also reviews voluntary programs, mandatory controls, tax incentives, and other policy options for reducing the flow of nutrients from agricultural operations and other sources.
Coastal Water Quality
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Coastal and Estuarine Pollution
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Estuarine pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Ecological risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Estuary Restoration and Coastal Water Conservation Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Estuarine restoration
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Estuaries and Coastal Water Quality Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
DeLauro-Lowey Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Financing Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Proceedings of the Northwest Estuarine and Coastal Zone Symposium, Portland, Oregon, October 28-29-30, 1970
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description