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In Habitat Roger Dennis further explores and expands his hugely influential resource based approach to understanding how organisms fit in to their environment and how best to conserve them This important book is essential reading for all ecologists and conservation scientitsts

Updating their hefty reference approximately every decade since 1958, chemical engineers Poling (U. of Toledo), John M. Prausnitz (U. of California-Berkeley), and John P. O'Connell (U. of Virginia) describe and critically review various estimation procedures for a limited number of properties of gases and liquids. Among those properties are critical and other pure component properties; pressure-volume- temperature relationships and thermodynamic properties of pure components and mixtures; vapor pressures and phase-change enthalpies; standard enthalpies of formation; standard Gibbs energy of formation; heat capacity; surface tension; viscosity; thermal conductivity; diffusion coefficients; and phase equilibria. They compare most of the estimated properties to experimental findings to indicate reliability, and illustrate most methods with examples.

Biology of European Seabass presents up-to-date reviews on key topics of seabass biology, written by leading scientific experts with extensive knowledge of seabass as well as their respective field of expertise.The book covers the biology and ecology of the different sea basses and the latest findings in molecular biology, physiology, and behavior of this species. Ranging from larval development to nutrition to pathology and immune system, the chapters cover a broad spectrum.The final chapter deals with novel tools such as transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. The social and commercial impact (fisheries and aquaculture) of seabass is also assessed.

Today Lie group theoretical approach to differential equations has been extended to new situations and has become applicable to the majority of equations that frequently occur in applied sciences. Newly developed theoretical and computational methods are awaiting application. Students and applied scientists are expected to understand these methods. Volume 3 and the accompanying software allow readers to extend their knowledge of computational algebra. Written by the world's leading experts in the field, this up-to-date sourcebook covers topics such as Lie-Backlund, conditional and non-classical symmetries, approximate symmetry groups for equations with a small parameter, group analysis of differential equations with distributions, integro-differential equations, recursions, and symbolic software packages. The text provides an ideal introduction to modern group analysis and addresses issues to both beginners and experienced researchers in the application of Lie group methods.

Written by one of the founding fathers of Quantum Information, this book gives an accessible (albeit mathematically rigorous), self-contained introduction to quantum information theory. The central role is played by the concept of quantum channel and its entropic and information characteristics. In this revised edition, the main results have been updated to reflect the most recent developments in this very active field of research.

Published by Sinauer Associates an imprint of Oxford University Press Ecological Restoration provides a comprehensive overview of the strategies being used around the world to reverse human impacts to landscapes ecosystems and species This book aims to improve the outcomes of restoration practice by strengthening the connections between ecological concepts and real world decision making students explore each topic considering both research based knowledge and lessons learned from nineteen actual restorations Details of these ecological restorations from underwater reefs to mines in hot deserts are woven into each chapter presented as case studies and used in exercises Because introductory ecological restoration courses are taken by undergraduate students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds the book explains and applies basic concepts from many supporting fields that serve as the foundation for practice including ecology conservation biology earth and water sciences environmental design and public policy

With a focus on innovative treatment technologies for eliminating emerging contaminants from wastewater and drinking water, this book deals in detail with the treatment processes such as membrane bioreactors, photocatalysis, ozonation and advanced oxidation.

This is the second English edition of what has become one of the definitive works on superconductivity in German - currently in its sixth edition. Comprehensive and easy to understand, this introductory text is written especially with the non-specialist in mind. The authors, both long-term experts in this field, present the fundamental considerations without the need for extensive mathematics, describing the various phenomena connected with the superconducting state, with liberal insertion of experimental facts and examples for modern applications. While all fields of superconducting phenomena are dealt with in detail, this new edition pays particular attention to the groundbreaking discovery of magnesium diboride and the current developments in this field. In addition, a new chapter provides an overview of the elements, alloys and compounds where superconductivity has been observed in experiments, together with their major characteristics. The chapter on technical applications has been considerably expanded to accommodate microelectronics, while the key aspects of critical currents as well as Josephson junctions now each have their own chapter. A 'must-have' for students and graduates.

This Nato Advanced Research Workshop on `Phonons in Semiconductor Nanostructures'' recounts the latest developments in the physics of phonons and their impact on the electronic properties of low dimensional structures. Leading experts in the field discuss recent problems on phonon confinement and assess the increasing importance of phonon effects on the optical and transport properties of one and zero-dimensional structures. The Proceedings address various issues related to phonon physics in Iii--V, Ii--Vi and Iv semiconductor nanostructures. The following topics are covered: models for confined phonons, latest experiments on confined phonons and electron-phonon interaction in two-dimensional systems, elementary excitations, phonons and optical processes in nanostructures, phonon limited transport phenomena, hot electron effects in quantum wires, carrier relaxation and phonon bottleneck in quantum dots. The book is intended for scientists, physicists, research engineers and graduate students interested in the latest developments in physics and engineering of quantum structures.