Title Nutrient control actions for improving water quality in the Mississippi River basin and northern Gulf of Mexico / Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 79 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps Contents Summary -- Introduction -- Nutrient inputs and water quality effects -- Getting started: a nutrient control implementation initiative (NCII) -- Allocating nutrient load reduction targets -- Monitoring the effectiveness of nutrient control actions and strategies -- Overcoming perceived obstacles to actions Summary The world's climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects of human society and the natural world. In this book, the National Research Council provides a broad overview of the ecological impacts of climate change, and a series of examples of impacts of different kinds Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-68) Notes Print version record Subject Nutrient pollution of water -- Mississippi River Marine eutrophication -- Mexico, Gulf of Hypoxia (Water) -- Mexico, Gulf of Nonpoint source pollution -- United States Fertilizers -- Environmental aspects -- United States Water -- Pollution -- United States Agricultural pollution -- Environmental aspects -- United States Eutrophication -- United States Watershed management -- United States TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. Agricultural pollution -- Environmental aspects Eutrophication Fertilizers -- Environmental aspects Hypoxia (Water) Marine eutrophication Nonpoint source pollution Nutrient pollution of water Water -- Pollution Watershed management Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2010275147 ISBN 9780309130011 0309130018

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