Water Quality Indicators A selection. pH Relative concentration of (in water) –Hydrogen ions H+ –Hydroxide ions OH- pH Scale is logarithmic (as you go.
HUMAN IMPACT on the BIOSPHERE Chapter 6-4 Charting a course for the Future .
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Nutrient Cycles Eutrophication Nitrogen –Chemical Forms in the Aquatic Environment –Chemical Transformations –Cycle f-ratio Carbon.
Remote Sensing of Pollution in China Dan Yu December 10 th 2009.
The science that studies water on the Earth is known as hydrology, and the people who study hydrology are hydrologists. Although there is plenty of water.
CHAPTER 20 Human Impacts on the Environment Outline: I. Introduced species II. Human impacts III. The biodiversity crisis IV. Conservation biology V. The.