Screen LibraryEnvironmental biology for engineers and scientists
Introducing environmental engineers and scientists (chemists, physicists, geologists, environmental planners, etc.) to biology, Environmental Biology for Engineers and Scientists covers a far wider range of biology than has historically been taught to environmental engineers and offers a way to trai...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0471741795 |
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Introducing environmental engineers and scientists (chemists, physicists, geologists, environmental planners, etc.) to biology, Environmental Biology for Engineers and Scientists covers a far wider range of biology than has historically been taught to environmental engineers and offers a way to train future environmental engineers. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxi, 931 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0471722391 9780471722397 0471741795 9780471741794 0471741787 9780471741787 |
| Index Number: | QH308 |
| CLC: | Q |
| Contents: | Perspectives on biology -- Biology as a whole -- The substances of life -- The cell : the common denominator of living things -- Energy and metabolism -- Genetics -- The plants -- The animals -- The human animal -- Microbial groups -- Quantifying microorganisms and their activity -- Effect of microbes on human health -- Microbial transformations -- Ecology : the global view of life -- Ecosystems and applications -- Biological applications for environmental control -- The science of poisons -- Fate and transport of toxins -- Dose-response relationships -- Field and laboratory toxicology -- To |