Description
Book SynopsisIntroducing environmental engineers and scientists (chemists, physicists, geologists, environmental planners, etc. ) to biology, Environmental Biology for Engineers and Scientists covers a far wider range of biology than has historically been taught to environmental engineers and offers a way to train future environmental engineers.
Trade Review"…this is a great text that covers a multitude of topics well, and is well written and comprehensive. I predict it will be popular as a text for environmental engineering students." (
Journal of Hazardous Materials, August 2006)
"…a resource for a two-semester course but can be used as an outline…for a single-semester course…highly recommended." (CHOICE, May 2006)
"...attempts to cover a wide range of biology without making it tedious to those working outside the area...an important reference for practicing environmental professionals…" (Journal of American Water Works Association, April 2006)
"Based on a graduate level course designed to teach engineers to be literate in biological concepts and terminology, the text covers a wide range of biology without making it tedious for nonbiology majors." (Journal of the American Water Resources Association, February 2006)
Table of ContentsPreface.
1. Perspectives on Biology.
2. Biology as a Whole.
3. The Substances of Life.
4. The Cell: the Common denominator of Living Things.
5. Energy and Metabolism.
6. Genetics.
7. The Plants.
8. The Animals.
9. The Human Animal.
10. Microbial Groups.
11. Quantifying Microorganisms and Their Activity.
12. Effect of Microbes on Human Health.
13. Microbial Transformations.
14. Ecology: the Global View of Life.
15. Ecosystems and Applications.
16. Biological Applications for Environmental Control.
17. The Science of Poisons.
18. Fate and Transport of Toxins.
19. Dose-Response Relationships.
20. Field and Laboratory Toxicology.
21. Toxicity of Specific Substances.
22. Applications of Toxicology.
Appendixes.
A: Physiochemical Properties of Common Pollutants.
B: Biodegradability of Common Pollutants.
C: Toxicological Properties of Common Pollutants.
D: Standards for Exposure to Common Toxic Pollutants.
E: Ambient Air Quality Standards.
F: Unit Conversions and Physical Constants.
G: The Elements.
H: Periodic Table of the Elements.
Index.
