Phosphorus in the Environment: its chemistry and biochemistry -- Contents -- Phosphorus: a general introduction -- Phosphorus and mankind's problems today -- Discussion -- World resources of phosphorus -- Discussion -- Some economic and technical factors affecting use of phosphate raw materials -- Discussion -- Modern mankind's influence on the natural cycles of phosphorus -- Discussion -- Phosphorus biochemistry -- Discussion -- The organic chemistry of phosphate transfer -- Discussion -- The biological importance of organophosphorus compounds containing a carbon-phosphorus bond -- Discussion -- Metabolic factors and the utilization of phosphorus by plants -- Discussion -- Phosphorus cycles of forest and upland grassland ecosystems and some effects of land management practices -- Discussion -- Phosphorus and the eutrophication of lakes-a personal view -- Discussion -- The dissipation of phosphorus in sewage and sewage effluents -- Discussion -- Balance sheet for phosphorus in the UK -- Discussion -- The use of phosphate in detergents and possible replacements for phosphate -- Discussion -- The rationale for a ban on detergent phosphate in the Great Lakes Basin -- Discussion -- Can the availability of phosphorus be critical for mankind? -- Discussion -- Biographies of the participants -- Index to contributors -- Subject index.