Libros de Ecología y Medio ambiente, página 84 de 277

El estudio del agua, su control de calidad, así como su tratamiento y depuración, es sin duda una parcela pujante en la sociedad actual con notable cantidadde técnicos ocupados en la misma. Se antoja pues, interesante, contar con obras que conjunten aspec

This practical and informative book describes how to create aquaculture systems that are not wasteful or polluting, and are self-sustaining. It focuses on the design and development of natural food chains as a solution to the problems associated with fish farming, and offers a design framework for successful ecological aquaculture in all but the most extreme climates. While primarily aimed at people with a freshwater resource, Ecological Aquaculture is also a work of groundbreaking ideas and practices for anyone interested in advances in environmental management and aquatic ecosystem enhancement and repair, aquaculturalists, environmental practitioners, farmers and landowners, growers of ornamental pond plants or designers and installers of reed beds for wastewater treatment. Ecological Aquaculture contains material about environmental project construction that provides useful background information for planning authorities, serves as a reference work for academic research and as a practical guide for conservation programmes, such as the restoration of rivers, streams, ponds and lakes. The book includes two AIDGAP (Aid to Identification in Difficult Groups of Animals and Plants) freshwater identification guides.

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This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure biodiversity. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to measuring taxonomic distinctness and estimating species richness, and evaluates these alongside traditional methods such as species abundance distributions, and diversity and evenness statistics. It helps the reader quantify and interpret patterns of ecological diversity, focusing on the measurement and estimation of species richness and abundance.It explores the concept of ecological diversity, bringing new perspectives to a field beset by contradictory views and advice. The discussion spans issues, such as the meaning of community in the context of ecological diversity, scales of diversity and distribution of diversity among taxa. It highlights advances in measurement paying particular attention to new techniques such as species richness estimation, application of measures of diversity to conservation and environmental management and addressing sampling issues. It includes worked examples of key methods in helping people to understand the techniques and use available computer packages more effectively.

El cambio climático no es una amenaza que se vislumbra a lo lejos. Ya está aquí. Las conse-cuencias políticas, sin embargo, aún están por venir. La tesis central de este libro es que el mundo está encaminado hacia un estado de excepción dirigido por una alianza entre Estados Unidos y China para hacer frente a la crisis climática. . Se tratará de un nuevo régimen planetario, a este nuevo orden le llaman los autores «Climate Leviathan». La tesis del libro no es que el calentamiento global va a transformarlo o destruirlo todo. ". El objetivo de este libro es colocar el tema del clima en el centro de la discusión política y busca ser una contribución a la teoría política.