Ecometric and Dynamic Modelling — Exemplified by Caesium in Lakes after Chernobyl [electronic resource] : Methodological Aspects of Establishing Representative and Compatible Lake Data, Models and Load Diagrammes /

The accident of Chernobyl enabled the scientific community to study nuclear fall-out effects in situ establishing new kinds of interpretation methods. This study presents the development of ecometric analysis, mainly based on load diagrammes for entire ecosystems and their interpretation with regard to dynamic modeling. Practitioners and scientists in ecology, environmental sciences, limnology, hydrology and geosciences but also in agricultural and life sciences will profit from this textbook. It is the first book on ecometric modeling. Ecometry is an approach to establish so-called load diagrams (effect-dose-sensitivity diagrams) for entire ecosystems like lakes or defined coastal areas. Central aspects concern statistical relationships and causal relationships, clusters and functional groups of interrelated environmental parameters, area- and time compatible data, benefits and drawbacks with the ecometric approach, and the information value of parameters that vary in time and space. The book uses a new and comprehensive set of data on radioactive caesium in lakes (after the Chernobyl accident) to illustrate the various principles and steps in the protocol to establish load diagrammes. The ecometric approach can be used for most pollutants in different types of ecosystems.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Håkanson, Lars. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1991
Subjects:	Environment., Ecology., Ecotoxicology., Soil science., Soil conservation., Waste management., Air pollution., Water pollution., Waste Management/Waste Technology., Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution., Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution., Soil Science & Conservation.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011518
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