Surface water photochemistry / editors, Paola Calza and Davide Vione.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paola Calza

Contributor:

Calza, Paola, editor.

Vione, Davide, editor.

Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

Comprehensive series in photochemistry & photobiology ; Volume 12.

Comprehensive Series in Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2041-9716 ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water--Pollution.

Water.

Photochemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Borne out of the current widespread interest in the pollution of water bodies, this book explores the latest research concerning the photochemical fate of organic pollutants in surface water.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents; Series Preface: Preface for the ESP Series in Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences; Volume Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Basic Principles of Photophysics and Environmental Photochemistry; 1.1.2 Photosensitisers and Photoinduced Transients in Surface Waters; 1.1.3 Seasonal and Long-term Variations of the Main Photosensitisers in Lake Water; 1.1.3 Seasonal and Long-term Variations of the Main Photosensitisers in Lake Water; 1.1.4 Photoinduced Transformation of Organic Micropollutants; References; Chapter 2 Lake Ecology and Chemistry

2.1 Introduction2.1.1 Lakes as a Research Facility; 2.1.2 Lakes as a Resource: Water, Water Scarcity and Lake Exploitation; 2.2 Physical Factors Structuring the Lake Ecosystem; 2.2.1 Origin of Lakes: An Explanation of Lake Diversity; 2.2.2 Water Quality as a Result of Watershed Geology and Lithology; 2.2.3 Heat Budget, Density Dependent Processes and Their Effects on Water Chemistry; 2.3 Biotic Structure and Interactions, and Processes of Lake Functioning; 2.3 Biotic Structure and Interactions, and Processes of Lake Functioning; 2.3.1 The Lake ''Engine"": the Food Web

2.3.2 The ''Fuel"" of the Lake Engine: the Carbon Cycle and Organic Matter2.3.3 Shallow Lakes and Littoral Zone: Neglected Systems?; 2.4 Eutrophication: An Opportunity to Study the Lacustrine Food Web and Processes; 2.4.1 Nitrogen Cycle; 2.4.2 Phosphorus Cycle; 2.4.3 Linking the Water Cycle with Nutrient and Catchment; References; Chapter 3 Characteristics of the Underwater Light Field; 3.1 Incident Solar Radiation; 3.2 Underwater Light Environment; 3.3 Measurement of Underwater Light Field and Inherent Optical Properties; 3.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Direct Photolysis Processes

4.1 Introduction4.2 Photodehalogenation; 4.2.1 Nucleophilic Substitution; 4.2.2 Reductive Dehalogenation; 4.2.3 Photocyclization; 4.3 Photoisomerization; 4.3.1 Ethylene Bonds; 4.3.2 Oxime Bonds; 4.4 Photo-Fries; 4.5 Photo-Claisen; References; Chapter 5 Photochemical Reactivity of Organic Matter and its Size Fractions; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Molecular Composition of DOM; 5.3 Photophysics of DOM; 5.3.1 Light Absorption; 5.3.2 Luminescence; 5.4 Photochemical Formation of Reactive Intermediates; 5.4.1 Observations for Bulk DOM; 5.4.2 Observations from Different Molecular Weight Fractions

5.5 Scavenging of Reactive Intermediates by DOM5.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6 Excitation-Emission Matrices of Fluorescence - EEMF - for the Characterization of Organic Matter of Surface Waters; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 EEMF Among Fluorescence Techniques; 6.3 EEMF as a Tool to Study CDOM in Surface Waters; 6.3.1 The Chemical Composition of Fluorescent CDOM; 6.3.2 Fluorescence Indices for the Interpretation of Fluorescence Data; 6.3.3 The Fluorescence of Colloidal Organic Matter; 6.4 DOM Dynamics Assessed by EEMF; 6.4.1 Biotic Processes; 6.4.2 Abiotic Processes

6.5 EEM-PARAFAC

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 9, 2015).

ISBN:

9781782622154

1782622152