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ADVANCES IN FOOD RESEARCH VOLUME 27.

An interface, the boundary between two phases, has physical and chemical properties that differ from those of either phase. In this book, bacteria are treated as living colloidal systems, and the behavior of microorganisms at interfaces is analyzed on the basis of this concept. Nonspecific physical and chemical forces acting on microorganisms at interfaces are described and related to biological factors determining the distribution of and interaction between microorganisms in both aquatic and te...

While the reality of the taxon Turbellaria has been called into question lately, turbellarians are nevertheless the subject of active research by a sizable group of biologists. Turbellarians are relatives of the major groups of parasitic platyhelminthes - monogeneans, digeneans, and tapeworms - and most are free-living. Because the ancestors to the major parasitic groups would be classified as turbellarians, strict application of princi- ples of phylogenetic systematics dictates that the Turbell...

The Western Australian jarrah forest is unique, contammg some of the most beautiful flora in the world, more than 100 species of birds and some 50 mammals indigenous to this State. This book "The Jarrah Forest - A Complex Mediterranean Ecosystem" is a collection of scholarly essays on every known aspect of the northern part of the jarrah forest extending from south of Collie to the Avon River. All of the work has been researched by members of tertiary institutions, the private sector and governm...

Florida's parched swamps and sprawling subdivisions set the stage for a look at water crisis throughout the American East, from water-diversion threats in the Great Lakes to tapped-out freshwater aquifers along the Atlantic seaboard. Part investigative journalism, part environmental history, "Mirage" shows how the eastern half of the nation - historically so wet that early settlers predicted it would never even need irrigation - has squandered so much of its abundant fresh water that it now face...

Die globale Susswasserkrise wird sich zukunftig weiter verscharfen. Neueste Analysen des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveranderungen (WBGU) zeigen nicht nur die heutigen Brennpunkte, sondern auch die zukunftig fur Wasserkrisen besonders anfalligen Weltregionen auf. Zusatzlich werden drei eng mit der globalen Susswasserkrise in Verbindung stehende "Krankheitsbilder der Erde" untersucht. Aus dieser Zusammenschau leiten die Wissenschaftler in ihrem neuesten Jahresberi...

Ecological diversity is the intricate network of different species present in different ecosystems and the dynamic interaction between them. This timely volume examines the impact of the loss of biodiversity and ecotheology. It brings together the latest information on the rapid advances and developments in the field of biological diversity, habitats and climate. Examines the impact of the loss of biodiversity, and presents sophisticated featuring organismal and ecosystem ecology topics from an...

This book enables engineering students to understand how microbiology can be applied to environmental research and practical applications. Written specifically for senior undergraduate to graduate level civil and environmental engineering students, the textbook encompasses both fundamental and applied principles and covers topics such as the microb

"WORLDSHIFT is about an outer world built on inner realisation. The higher consciousness that has been evolving through human beings for centuries is seeding a garden of hope and promise. Ervin Laszlo maps this new world and its promise - no one I know is more acutely attuned to it." Deepak Chopra, from the foreword "This handbook for the twenty-first century helps us to understand the current situation of our planet and to determine what we must do and how we must do it to ensure our common we...

In November 1988 the "'Third Oberursel Symposium" devoted to the problems of input of pollutions into forest-ecosystems and their effects on plants or soil convened. After several years of intensive research on the effects of pollutions on forest ecosystems it is obvious that not a single specific pollutant can be made responsible but a mixture of several components act together or interact with each other. The contributions of the workshop _ reflect to a large extend the results of research p...