Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste Systems

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Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste Systems ...

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Nduka Okafor Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste Systems ...

Nduka Okafor Department of Biological Sciences Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina USA [email protected] The Author a ...

This book is dedicated to The Okafor-Ozowalu family of Nri, Anaocha Local Government Area, in the Anambra State of Nigeria, espe ...

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vii This book is a result of the course on environmental microbiology that I taught at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Fa ...

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ix Part I Introduction 1 Nature, Properties, and Distribution of Water ....................................... 3 1.1 Physical an ...

x Contents Part II Biological Aspects of Microorganisms in Aquatic Environments 4.1.3.3 Criteria and Methods for the Identificat ...

4.1.4.2 Aspects of the Physiology and ...

xii Contents 6.2.3 Light...... ............................................................................. 129 6.2.4 Nutrients ...

Contents xiii 7.1.4 Pollution by Eutrophication ............................................... 154 7.1.4.1 “Algal Blooms” and E ...

xiv Contents 8.2.2.3 Disease Transmission by Protozoa in Recreational Water Through Non-fecal Material.................... ..... ...

Contents xv 10.3.2.1 Treatment of the Sludge from ...

11.2.1 The Stockholm Conference, 1972: Beginning - Environments 2.2 Ecological Habitats of Microorganisms in Aquatic 2.3 Fore ...

Part I Introduction ...

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N. Okafor, Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste Systems, 3 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1460-1_1, © Springer Science+Busine ...