Water: Science and Issues: 003

Water: Science and Issues......Page 1 Volume 3 Land–Pricing......Page 3 ISBN 0-02-865614-8......Page 4 Table of Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 11 Topical Outline......Page 15 For Your Reference......Page 23 Contributors......Page 27 Land Use and Water Quality......Page 31 Land-Use Planning......Page 37 Landfills: Impact on Groundwater......Page 41 Landslides......Page 44 Law, International Water......Page 48 Law of the Sea......Page 54 Law, Water......Page 56 Legislation, Federal Water......Page 58 Legislation, State and Local Water......Page 61 Leonardo da Vinci......Page 64 Leopold, Luna......Page 67 Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark......Page 69 Life in Extreme Water Environments......Page 73 Life in Water......Page 78 Light Transmission in the Ocean......Page 82 Marginal Seas......Page 84 Mariculture......Page 88 Marine Mammals......Page 90 Markets, Water......Page 96 Mars, Water on......Page 98 Microbes in Groundwater......Page 102 Microbes in Lakes and Streams......Page 105 Microbes in the Ocean......Page 108 Mid-Ocean Ridges......Page 113 Mineral Resources from Fresh Water......Page 115 Mineral Resources from the Ocean......Page 118 Mineral Waters and Spas......Page 122 Minorities in Water Sciences......Page 123 Mississippi River Basin......Page 128 Modeling Groundwater Flow and Transport......Page 132 Modeling Streamflow......Page 134 Moorings and Platforms......Page 136 Nansen, Fridtjof......Page 140 National Environmental Policy Act......Page 142 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration......Page 144 National Park Service......Page 147 Navigation at Sea, History of......Page 149 Nutrients in Lakes and Streams......Page 153 Ocean Basins......Page 156 Ocean Biogeochemistry......Page 160 Ocean Chemical Processes......Page 164 Ocean Currents......Page 168 Ocean Health, Assessing......Page 175 Ocean Mixing......Page 176 Ocean–Floor Bathymetry......Page 178 Ocean-Floor Sediments......Page 182 Oceanography, Biological......Page 187 Oceanography, Chemical......Page 189 Oceanography from Space......Page 191 Oceanography, Geological......Page 193 Oceanography, Physical......Page 195 Oceans, Polar......Page 197 Oceans, Tropical......Page 202 Ogallala Aquifer......Page 203 Oil Spills: Impact on the Ocean......Page 206 Petroleum from the Ocean......Page 211 Plankton......Page 216 Planning and Management, History of Water Resources......Page 220 Planning and Management, Water Resources......Page 224 Plate Tectonics......Page 231 Policy-Making Process......Page 236 Pollution by Invasive Species......Page 239 Pollution of Groundwater......Page 247 Pollution of Groundwater: Vulnerability......Page 253 Pollution of Lakes and Streams......Page 255 Pollution of Streams by Garbage and Trash......Page 259 Pollution of the Ocean by Plastic and Trash......Page 263 Pollution of the Ocean by Sewage, Nutrients, and Chemicals......Page 266 Pollution Sources: Point and Nonpoint......Page 272 Population and Water Resources......Page 276 Ports and Harbors......Page 279 Powell, John Wesley......Page 285 Precipitation and Clouds, Formation of......Page 286 Precipitation, Global Distribution of......Page 289 Pricing, Water......Page 292 Water management, pollution, the dying of coral reefs, the privatization of drinking water, and the melting of the ice caps are only some of the critical interrelated water issues facing humankind in the 21st Century. This four-volume encyclopedia brings together contributors from the full range of disciplines concerned with the science, politics, and economics of water, presenting some 300 alphabetical entries that explain disparate issues and topics in laymen's language. Examples include "markets, water;" "Mars, water on;" "oceanography from space;" Cousteau, Jacques;" and "Safe Drinking Water Act." As evidence by the last, non-global legal or political issues are generally limited to an American context. A useful glossary containing common terms is included in each of the volumes. Color photographs, charts, and maps illustrate the material Integrates key concepts, current issues, traditional and emerging research, and major legislation in three subject areas: fresh water, marine waters, and policy and management. These topics are complemented by historical overviews, biographical sketches, and career information. Includes color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, and a glossary. Broadly applicable for general readers as well as those wanting a firm academic foundation