Ecology of Industrial Pollution

by Lesley C. Batty, Kevin B. Hallberg

Overview

Written for researchers and practitioners in environmental pollution, management and ecology, this interdisciplinary account explores the ecological issues associated with industrial pollution to provide a complete picture of this important environmental problem from cause to effect to solution. Bringing together diverse viewpoints from academia and environmental agencies and regulators, the contributors cover such topics as biological resources of mining areas, biomonitoring of freshwater and marine ecosystems and risk assessment of contaminated land in order to explore important questions such as: What are the effects of pollutants on functional ecology and ecosystems? Do current monitoring techniques accurately signal the extent of industrial pollution? Does existing policy provide a coherent and practicable approach? Case studies from throughout the world illustrate major themes and provide valuable insights into the positive and negative effects of industrial pollution, the provision of appropriate monitoring schemes and the design of remediation and restoration strategies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521514460
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/18/2010
Series:	Ecological Reviews
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Lesley C. Batty is a Lecturer in Environmental Science at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research focuses on ecological aspects of industrial pollution, particularly the use of plants in remediation and the effects of mining activities on the environment. She is a council member of the British Ecological Society and has acted as a consultant to several government agencies and engineering companies within the UK.

Kevin B. Hallberg is a Research Fellow in Environmental Microbiology at Bangor University, UK. His research focuses on the microbial ecology of extremophilic microorganisms, particularly the environmentally and industrially useful acidophiles. He has acted as consultant for international mining companies as well as governmental regulatory agencies including the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Table of Contents

List of contributors vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xii

1 Consequences of living in an industrial world Lesley C. Batty Kevin B. Hallberg 1

2 Metallophytes: the unique biological resource, its ecology and conservational status in Europe, central Africa and Latin America Alan J. M. Baker Wilfried H. O. Ernst Antony van der Ent François Malaisse Rosanna Ginocchio 7

3 Lichens and industrial pollution Ole William Purvis 41

4 The impacts of metalliferous drainage on aquatic communities in streams and rivers Lesley C. Batty Montserrat Auladell Jon Sadler 70

5 Impacts of emerging contaminants on the environment Alistair Boxall 101

6 Ecological monitoring and assessment of pollution in rivers J. Iwan Jones John Davy-Bowker John F. Murphy James L. Pretty 126

7 Detecting ecological effects of pollutants in the aquatic environment Alastair Grant 147

8 With the benefit of hindsight: the utility of palaeoecology in wetland condition assessment and identification of restoration targets Peter Gell 162

9 An ecological risk assessment framework for assessing risks from contaminated land in England and Wales Stephen Roast Tim Gannicliffe Danielle K. Ashton Rachel Benstead Paul R. Bradford Paul Whitehouse Declan Barraclough 189

10 Diversity and evolution of micro-organisms and pathways for the degradation of environmental contaminants: a case study with the s-triazine herbicides Michael Jay Sadowsky 205

11 The microbial ecology of land and water contaminated with radioactive waste: towards the development of bioremediation options for the nuclear industry Andrea Geissler Sonja Selenska-Pobell Katherine Morris Ian T. Burke Francis R. Livens Jonathan R. Lloyd 226

12 The microbial ecology of remediating industrially contaminated land: sorting out the bugs in the system Ken Killham 242

13 Ecological recovery in a river polluted to its sources: the River Tame in the English Midlands Terry E. L. Langford Peter J. Shaw Shelley R. Howard Alastair J. D. Ferguson David Ottewell Rowland Eley 255

14 Manchester Ship Canal and Salford Quays: industrial legacy and ecological restoration Adrian E. Williams Rachel J. Waterfall Keith N. White Keith Hendry 276

15 Large-scale mine site restoration of Australian eucalypt forests after bauxite mining: soil management and ecosystem development Mark Tibbett 309

16 Sustaining industrial activity and ecological quality: the potential role of an ecosystem services approach Lorraine Maliby Achim Paetzold Philip Warren 327

Index 345