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478 entries contain abstracts. The book is indexed by author, metal (sub-indexed by environment, e.g., freshwater, marine, terrestrial), and species and genera.
The Physical Environment and Behavior, An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to the Literature (1981) Joachim F. Wohlwill and Gerald D. Weismann. Plenum Press, New York and London (474 pp., US $45.00) This bibliography draws together literature on environment-behavior studies from the diverse fields that contribute to this area: psychology, geography, sociology, architecture, landscape architecture, planning, forestry, natural resource management, and the leisure and recreation field. The book includes sections on general works (reference, bibliographies, historical, theoretical, and methodological works), psychological processes (environmental comprehension, stimulation and stress, socio-spatial processes, behavioral ecology), applications (natural environment, transportation and travel, institutional settings, housing environment, urban environment, office and other interior environments), and cognate areas (demography, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, economics, design, and social impact assessment). Every chapter includes a commentary on the area and the nature of the literature on that topic. Each entry includes a brief, descriptive annotation. In the case of reports and studies, this generally includes the chief findings. The book is indexed by author.
Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences Accepted by Colleges and Universities of the United States and Canada (1981) Volume 25, Wade H. Shafer, ed. Plenum Press, New York and London (297 pp., US $75.00) This volume includes 10,308 theses submitted in 1980 from 27 Canadian and 214 United States universities. It is arranged by 44 different study disciplines and by university within discipline. Title, date, and author are included in each entry. Similar volumes back to 1973 are available from the same publisher.
World Directory of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms (1982) 2nd edition, Vicki F. McGowan and V. B. D. Skerman, eds. World Data Center on Microorganisms, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Available from T. Rosswall, Secretary, UNEP/Unesco/ICRO Panel on Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. of Microbiology, S.750 07 Uppsala, Sweden (641 pp., US $25.00)
BookReviews This directory is an attempt to include all collections, regardless of size, from all parts of the world. These collections are repositories of living organisms maintained for biological research. The directory includes listings by institution, species, personnel, type of collection (algae, blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa, tissue cultures, and viruses), main interests of collection (e.g., medical, veterinary microbiology), and location by country and city. The directory is in English, but the introduction and directions for use include translations in French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
Global Marine Pollution Bibliography (1982) by Michael A. Champ and P. Kilho Park. IFI/Pienum, New York (399 pp., US $69.50). This book was originally started with a focus on ocean dumping of municipal and industrial wastes. It was expanded to include other reports on ocean outfalls, but the latter is not based on a full literature search. Many entries, but not all, include an abstract. The book is indexed by author and category. Major categories (most are further subdivided) are: municipal wastes, industrial wastes, legislation/regulations, international conventions, ocean dumping critera/site selection, biological processes, chemical processes, geological processes, physical processes, engineering studies, dumpsites (by countries), and regions. The authors state the intention to maintain a "living bibliography" on word processor discs.
Solubility Data Series (1982) Volume 10, Nitrogen and Air, Rubino Battino, ed. Pergamon Press, Oxford (570 pp., US $100.00). This is a publication of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. It is part of a series which presents a comprehensive critical compilation of data on solubilities in all physical systems. Solubility data are basic to the study of agronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, medicine, metallurgy, materials science, oceanography, and pharmacology. This series compiles, rationalizes, simplifies, and fits isolated numerical data into a critically evaluated framework. The book is organized by solute-solvent system. In each case there is a critical evaluation of the literature and, where possible, a recommended set of numerical data with a graph. This is followed by data sheets of the best experimental data in the primary literature. These summarize the source, experimental variables, experimental values as they appear in the primary source, and auxiliary information on experimental method, apparatus, source and purity of materials, estimated error, and references relevant to generalization of the experi-
BookReviews mental data. The book also contains introductory material on solubility of gases and liquids by C. L. Young, R. Battino, and H. L. Clever and two papers specially written for this volume: "The Sechenov salt effect parameter" by H. L. Clever, and "The solubility of gases in liquids, thermodynamic considerations," by E. Wilhelm.
Industrialized Embayments and Their Environmental Problems: A Case Study of Swansea Bay (1980) by M. B. Collins, F. T. Banner, P. A. Taylor, S. J. Wakefield and A. E. James, eds. Pergamon Press, Oxford (616 pp., US $88.00) A minor but annoying aspect about this book is the fact that the main title of the volume is misleading. This book is dedicated exclusively to a case study of Swansea Bay. The symposium reported on was held on 26-28 September 1979. As is evident from the volume, the entire exercise was carefully and painstakingly planned, and this resulting book was professionally compiled by the editors, all of whom are members of the Department of Oceanography, University College, Swansea, U.K. The 37 papers presented at the Symposium and reproduced in the book are grouped to cover the following subject areas: Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapters 2 to 5, Geological and Geomorphological Setting; Chapters 6 and 7, Archeological and Historical Influences; Chapters 8 to 12, The Dynamic Fluid Environment (tides, waves and currents); Chapters 13 to 19, Sediment Distribution and Transport; Chapters 20 to 23, 27 and 28, The Chemical Environment and Inputs; Chapters 24 to 26, Dispersion and Numerical Modeling-Productivity, Plytoplankton and Zooplankton; Chapters 32 and 34, Benthic Ecology; Chapters 35 to 37, Economic Developments. An appendix is devoted to The Influence of Industrial Development of the Western Foreshore. The importance of embayments and estuaries to physical and biological processes affecting human settlements at the water's edge can hardly be exaggerated. This volume, restricted as it is to a single but important industrialized bay, presents in great detail results of research that began as early as the first part of the 1800s. The reports, however, are concerned with work that began in the 1940s but primarily since 1970, by researchers affiliated with University College, Swansea; The Welsh Water Authority; the British Transport Dock Board; and the National Environmental Research Council (NERC) of Great Britain. Invited contributions reporting on studies and investigations from these and other institutions make up the proceedings and accompanying discussions. The editing of individual contributions and oral discussions is excellent. In contrast with other edited volumes devoted exclusively to such aspects as the chemical environment, sediment transport, or productivity in estuaries and em-
479 bayments, this volume is all-encompassing. This is illustrated by the scope of the reports that range from those concerned with geologic history and reporting on fisheries and chemistry research to those dealing with dock and harbor planning. The strength of this book lies in the comprehensive nature of the subject matter and the fact that the great majority of chapters (the editors have titled chapters as "Discussions") and individual papers are readable and present new and valuable information. For example, fisheries in estuaries and embayments goes back to ancient times. The value and importance of this resource need not be emphasized and the damage resulting from decline in fisheries in our own Chesapeake Bay is illustrative of the danger. In Swansea Bay, the oyster fishery, which in 1873 was up to 9 million oysters taken (one wonders who counted them) by 1925 had declined to zero. Is such a fate in the future of fisheries in all industrialized estuaries and embayments (small and large) inevitable? Researchers from the Welsh Water Authority report that in Swansea Bay (as of the 1970s) microbiological and chemical water quality is explained by a combination of the hydrography of the region and known discharges, which leads to treatment recommendations. A weakness in the volume is the rather sparse consideration of the chemical dynamics in Swansea Bay. However, Chapter 20, Inputs to Swansea Bay, describes the input budgets for organic matter, nutrients, dissolved and particulate metals, and organochlorine pesticides. Chapter 21 reports on studies of the concentration and distribution of cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc in waters and sediments of the River Tawe and its estuary and in Swansea Bay sediments. Chapter 22 deals exclusively with viruses found in seawater samples collected from the bay. Chapter 23 reports on the measurement of technetium 99 and iodine 131 in seaweed being used to evaluate the effect of radionuclides discharged through a municiple sewer by a major hospital. Of the two papers in Chapter 28, one provides a general description and the second the spatial distribution of salinity, nitrate, phosphate, silicate, and dissolved organic carbon and chlorophyll. Many symposium volumes such as this are often characterized by unevenness; well-prepared, readable, welldocumented contributions are often juxtaposed with others of much lower quality. Although it is inevitable in such a wide-ranging subject as this that interest will not be maintained at an even level for all, the chapters, articles, and the general tone are quite even. In particular, though the oral discussions at the end of each section do not contribute as much as one would wish, the fact that they were edited is welcome. Despite the fact that this volume cannot be considered as a text, it most certainly is a useful reference for students and researchers devoted to the several fields of study. In particular, it will be of value to those interested
The Physical Environment and Behavior, An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to the Literature (1981) Joachim F. Wohlwill and Gerald D. Weismann. Plenum Press, New York and London (474 pp., US $45.00) This bibliography draws together literature on environment-behavior studies from the diverse fields that contribute to this area: psychology, geography, sociology, architecture, landscape architecture, planning, forestry, natural resource management, and the leisure and recreation field. The book includes sections on general works (reference, bibliographies, historical, theoretical, and methodological works), psychological processes (environmental comprehension, stimulation and stress, socio-spatial processes, behavioral ecology), applications (natural environment, transportation and travel, institutional settings, housing environment, urban environment, office and other interior environments), and cognate areas (demography, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, economics, design, and social impact assessment). Every chapter includes a commentary on the area and the nature of the literature on that topic. Each entry includes a brief, descriptive annotation. In the case of reports and studies, this generally includes the chief findings. The book is indexed by author.
Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences Accepted by Colleges and Universities of the United States and Canada (1981) Volume 25, Wade H. Shafer, ed. Plenum Press, New York and London (297 pp., US $75.00) This volume includes 10,308 theses submitted in 1980 from 27 Canadian and 214 United States universities. It is arranged by 44 different study disciplines and by university within discipline. Title, date, and author are included in each entry. Similar volumes back to 1973 are available from the same publisher.
World Directory of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms (1982) 2nd edition, Vicki F. McGowan and V. B. D. Skerman, eds. World Data Center on Microorganisms, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Available from T. Rosswall, Secretary, UNEP/Unesco/ICRO Panel on Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. of Microbiology, S.750 07 Uppsala, Sweden (641 pp., US $25.00)
BookReviews This directory is an attempt to include all collections, regardless of size, from all parts of the world. These collections are repositories of living organisms maintained for biological research. The directory includes listings by institution, species, personnel, type of collection (algae, blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa, tissue cultures, and viruses), main interests of collection (e.g., medical, veterinary microbiology), and location by country and city. The directory is in English, but the introduction and directions for use include translations in French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
Global Marine Pollution Bibliography (1982) by Michael A. Champ and P. Kilho Park. IFI/Pienum, New York (399 pp., US $69.50). This book was originally started with a focus on ocean dumping of municipal and industrial wastes. It was expanded to include other reports on ocean outfalls, but the latter is not based on a full literature search. Many entries, but not all, include an abstract. The book is indexed by author and category. Major categories (most are further subdivided) are: municipal wastes, industrial wastes, legislation/regulations, international conventions, ocean dumping critera/site selection, biological processes, chemical processes, geological processes, physical processes, engineering studies, dumpsites (by countries), and regions. The authors state the intention to maintain a "living bibliography" on word processor discs.
Solubility Data Series (1982) Volume 10, Nitrogen and Air, Rubino Battino, ed. Pergamon Press, Oxford (570 pp., US $100.00). This is a publication of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. It is part of a series which presents a comprehensive critical compilation of data on solubilities in all physical systems. Solubility data are basic to the study of agronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, medicine, metallurgy, materials science, oceanography, and pharmacology. This series compiles, rationalizes, simplifies, and fits isolated numerical data into a critically evaluated framework. The book is organized by solute-solvent system. In each case there is a critical evaluation of the literature and, where possible, a recommended set of numerical data with a graph. This is followed by data sheets of the best experimental data in the primary literature. These summarize the source, experimental variables, experimental values as they appear in the primary source, and auxiliary information on experimental method, apparatus, source and purity of materials, estimated error, and references relevant to generalization of the experi-
BookReviews mental data. The book also contains introductory material on solubility of gases and liquids by C. L. Young, R. Battino, and H. L. Clever and two papers specially written for this volume: "The Sechenov salt effect parameter" by H. L. Clever, and "The solubility of gases in liquids, thermodynamic considerations," by E. Wilhelm.
Industrialized Embayments and Their Environmental Problems: A Case Study of Swansea Bay (1980) by M. B. Collins, F. T. Banner, P. A. Taylor, S. J. Wakefield and A. E. James, eds. Pergamon Press, Oxford (616 pp., US $88.00) A minor but annoying aspect about this book is the fact that the main title of the volume is misleading. This book is dedicated exclusively to a case study of Swansea Bay. The symposium reported on was held on 26-28 September 1979. As is evident from the volume, the entire exercise was carefully and painstakingly planned, and this resulting book was professionally compiled by the editors, all of whom are members of the Department of Oceanography, University College, Swansea, U.K. The 37 papers presented at the Symposium and reproduced in the book are grouped to cover the following subject areas: Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapters 2 to 5, Geological and Geomorphological Setting; Chapters 6 and 7, Archeological and Historical Influences; Chapters 8 to 12, The Dynamic Fluid Environment (tides, waves and currents); Chapters 13 to 19, Sediment Distribution and Transport; Chapters 20 to 23, 27 and 28, The Chemical Environment and Inputs; Chapters 24 to 26, Dispersion and Numerical Modeling-Productivity, Plytoplankton and Zooplankton; Chapters 32 and 34, Benthic Ecology; Chapters 35 to 37, Economic Developments. An appendix is devoted to The Influence of Industrial Development of the Western Foreshore. The importance of embayments and estuaries to physical and biological processes affecting human settlements at the water's edge can hardly be exaggerated. This volume, restricted as it is to a single but important industrialized bay, presents in great detail results of research that began as early as the first part of the 1800s. The reports, however, are concerned with work that began in the 1940s but primarily since 1970, by researchers affiliated with University College, Swansea; The Welsh Water Authority; the British Transport Dock Board; and the National Environmental Research Council (NERC) of Great Britain. Invited contributions reporting on studies and investigations from these and other institutions make up the proceedings and accompanying discussions. The editing of individual contributions and oral discussions is excellent. In contrast with other edited volumes devoted exclusively to such aspects as the chemical environment, sediment transport, or productivity in estuaries and em-
479 bayments, this volume is all-encompassing. This is illustrated by the scope of the reports that range from those concerned with geologic history and reporting on fisheries and chemistry research to those dealing with dock and harbor planning. The strength of this book lies in the comprehensive nature of the subject matter and the fact that the great majority of chapters (the editors have titled chapters as "Discussions") and individual papers are readable and present new and valuable information. For example, fisheries in estuaries and embayments goes back to ancient times. The value and importance of this resource need not be emphasized and the damage resulting from decline in fisheries in our own Chesapeake Bay is illustrative of the danger. In Swansea Bay, the oyster fishery, which in 1873 was up to 9 million oysters taken (one wonders who counted them) by 1925 had declined to zero. Is such a fate in the future of fisheries in all industrialized estuaries and embayments (small and large) inevitable? Researchers from the Welsh Water Authority report that in Swansea Bay (as of the 1970s) microbiological and chemical water quality is explained by a combination of the hydrography of the region and known discharges, which leads to treatment recommendations. A weakness in the volume is the rather sparse consideration of the chemical dynamics in Swansea Bay. However, Chapter 20, Inputs to Swansea Bay, describes the input budgets for organic matter, nutrients, dissolved and particulate metals, and organochlorine pesticides. Chapter 21 reports on studies of the concentration and distribution of cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc in waters and sediments of the River Tawe and its estuary and in Swansea Bay sediments. Chapter 22 deals exclusively with viruses found in seawater samples collected from the bay. Chapter 23 reports on the measurement of technetium 99 and iodine 131 in seaweed being used to evaluate the effect of radionuclides discharged through a municiple sewer by a major hospital. Of the two papers in Chapter 28, one provides a general description and the second the spatial distribution of salinity, nitrate, phosphate, silicate, and dissolved organic carbon and chlorophyll. Many symposium volumes such as this are often characterized by unevenness; well-prepared, readable, welldocumented contributions are often juxtaposed with others of much lower quality. Although it is inevitable in such a wide-ranging subject as this that interest will not be maintained at an even level for all, the chapters, articles, and the general tone are quite even. In particular, though the oral discussions at the end of each section do not contribute as much as one would wish, the fact that they were edited is welcome. Despite the fact that this volume cannot be considered as a text, it most certainly is a useful reference for students and researchers devoted to the several fields of study. In particular, it will be of value to those interested