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Title The Seine river basin / volume editors, Nicolas Flipo, Pierre Labadie, Laurence Lestel
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 410 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series The handbook of environmental chemistry, 1867-979X ; volume 90
Handbook of environmental chemistry ; v. 90. 1867-979X
Contents Trajectories of the Seine River Basin -- The evolution of the Seine basin water bodies through historical maps -- Pluri-annual water budget on the Seine basin: past, current and future trends -- The Seine watershed water-agro-food system: long-term trajectories of C, N, P metabolism -- Past and future trajectories of human excreta management systems : Paris in the nineteeth to twenty-first centuries -- How should agricultural practices be integrated to understand and simulate long-term pesticide contamination in the Seine River basin? -- Mass balance of PAHs at the scale of the Seine River basin -- Ecological functioning of the Seine River: from long term modelling approaches to high frequency data analysis -- Aquatic organic matter in the Seine basin: sources, spatio-temporal variability, impact of urban discharges and influence on micro-pollutant speciation -- Experience gained from ecotoxicological studies in the Seine River and its drainage basin over the last decade: applicative examples and research perspectives -- Sedimentary archives reveal the concealed history of micropollutant contamination in the Seine River basin -- Changes in fish communities of the Seine Basin over a long-term perspective -- Bathing activities and microbiological water quality in the Paris area: a long-term perspective -- Contaminants of emerging concern in the Seine River basin: overview of recent research -- River basin vision: tools and approaches, from yesterday to tomorrow
Summary This open access book reviews the water-agro-food and socio-eco-system of the Seine River basin (76,000 km2), and offers a historical perspective on the river's long-term contamination. The Seine basin is inhabited by circa 17 million people and is impacted by intensive agricultural practices and industrial activities. These pressures have gradually affected its hydrological, chemical and ecological functioning, leading to a maximum chemical degradation between the 1960s and the 1990s. Over the last three decades, while major water-quality improvements have been observed, new issues (e.g. endocrine disruptors, microplastics) have also emerged. The state of the Seine River network, from the headwaters to estuary, is increasingly controlled by the balance between pressures and social responses. This socio-ecosystem provides a unique example of the functioning of a territory under heavy anthropogenic pressure during the Anthropocene era. The achievements made were possible due to the long-term PIREN Seine research program, established in 1989 and today part of the French socio-ecological research network "Zones Ateliers", itself part of the international Long-term Socio-economic and Ecological Research Network (LTSER). Written by experts in the field, the book provides an introduction to the water budget and the territorial metabolism of the Seine basin, and studies the trajectories and impact of various pollutants in the Seine River. It offers insights into the ecological functioning, the integration of agricultural practices, the analysis of aquatic organic matter, and the evolution of fish assemblages in the Seine basin, and also presents research perspectives and approaches to improve the water quality of the Seine River. Given its scope, it will appeal to environmental managers, scientists and policymakers interested in the long-term contamination of the Seine River
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 10, 2021)
Subject Environmental management -- France -- Seine River Watershed
Water quality management -- France -- Seine River Watershed
Water -- Pollution -- France -- Seine River Watershed
Environmental toxicology.
Environmental management
Environmental toxicology
Water -- Pollution
Water quality management
SUBJECT Seine River Watershed (France) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001560
Subject France -- Seine River Watershed
Form Electronic book
Author Flipo, Nicolas, editor
Labadie, Pierre, editor
Lestel, Laurence, editor.
ISBN 9783030542603
3030542602