Nitrate, Agriculture and the Environment.
Title:
Nitrate, Agriculture and the Environment.
Author:
Addiscott, T.
ISBN:
9781845930943
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (291 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Dependence on Nitrogen -- 2 The Chemistry and Physics of Nitrate -- 3 The Biology of Nitrate -- 4 Nitrogen Fertilizer -- 5 Losses of Nitrogen from Arable Land -- 6 Losses of Nitrogen from Grassland -- 7 Nitrate in Fresh Water and Nitrous Oxide in the Atmosphere -- 8 Nitrate in Coastal Waters -- 9 Nitrate and Health -- 10 The Politics and Economics of Nitrate -- 11 Nitrate in Africa: The 'Western Hegemony' -- 12 Risk -- 13 Coming to Terms with Nitrate: Public Attitudes to Science -- 14 Coming to Terms with Nitrate: Land Use -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Abstract:
There is widespread public concern about the effects of nitrate derived from the use of fertilizers in farming on water quality and public health. But research on nitrate during the past decade has revealed wide discrepancies between public perceptions and reality.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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