Manual Of Environmental Analysis Hardcover

About the Book The present volume is a compilation of some tested and widely used methods of characterizing soil, plant, air and water. The main objective of the book is to make available the hitherto scattered information in literature in a single volume. The information is not readily available to students, research scholars and even teachers. Most of the methods have been well tested in the laboratory of the author during the last 33 years of research The book attempts to combine the features of both a textbook and a reference handbook. Keeping in view the available facilities in most of our colleges and universities, care has been taken to present simple and most inexpensive methods in a simple and lucid language, so that they can easily be understand and used. In each method the principle involved, the materials/reagents required, the methods of their preparation and calculation of results have been described. The book covers a wide range of topics such as physical, chemical, biological and microbiological examination of water and wastewaters; physical, chemical and microbiological examination of soils; analysis of plant materials, analysis of air, and measurement of noise etc. Emphasis has also been given on some important aspects of pollution assessment such as Bioassay, Environmental radioactivity and its monitoring, Biomonitoring, Environmental impact Assessment, Environmental Auditing, Indoor Air Pollution etc. Contents 1. Physical and Chemical Examination of Water and Waste Water 2. Biological Examination of Waste Water 3. Microbiological Examination of Water 4. Physico-Chemical Examination of Soil 5. Microbiological Examination of Soil 6. Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring 7. Bioassay 8. Analysis of Plant Material 9. Analysis of Air 10. Measurement of Noise 11. Effect of Pollutants on Plants 12. Biomonitoring 13. Vegetation Analysis 14. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 15. Environmental Auditing 16. Statistics in Environmental Science, Bibliogr.