Recent Acquisitions and Web Sites of Interest
December 2002

Recent Acquisitions
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Featured

	010135 Ball, Philip. Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000. Written for the nonscientist, this unique book answers the question “What exactly is water” in a thought-provoking and compelling style.
	152213 Blake, Tupper Ansel, Madeleine Graham Blake, and William Kittredge. Balancing Water: Restoring the Klamath Basin. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Beautiful photos of the birds, animals, landscape and human residents of the Klamath Basin of Oregon and California are combined with a close look at the watershed development problems of the region.
	071064 Byatt, Andrew and others. The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans. 1st US ed. New York, NY: DK, 2001. This companion volume to the BBC/Discovery Channel miniseries, the Blue Planet, is a good introduction to oceans for the nonscientist, as well as high school and middle school students.

Other Recent Acquisitions

Aquaculture -- Wisconsin -- Directories
281195
Wisconsin Aquaculture Directory. Madison: Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Division of Marketing, Agricultural Development and Diversification, 1999.

Fishery management -- Wisconsin -- History
281194
Poff, Ronald J. From Milk Can to Ecosystem Management: A Historical Perspective on Wisconsin's Fisheries Management Program, 1830's-1990's. Madison: Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, 1996.

Manure handling
140841 Makuch, Joe. Readings on Manure Management: 142 Citations from the AGRICOLA Database (2000-2001). Beltsville, MD: National Agricultural Library, 2002.

NCASI
030725
Maltby, Van. Literature Review of Emissions of Mercury From Fossil Fuel and Biomass Combustion and Emerging Control Technologies. Technical Bulletin no. 851. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc, 2002.

030724
Upton, Bradley H. Summary of Panel Plant Experiences with RTO and RCO Heat Exchange Media. Technical Bulletin no. 850. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc, 2002.

Sewage disposal plants -- Design and construction
172902
Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual. Washington, D.C.: US EPA Office of Water, Office of Research and Development, 2002.

Silver -- Environmental aspects
162645
Andren, Anders and Thomas W. Bober. Silver in the Environment. Pensacola, FL: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2002.

Toxicity testing -- Methodology
162644
Cook, Diana and others. Toxicity Reduction and Toxicity Identification Evaluation Response Manual. Special Report no. 02-05. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, 2002.

Turbidity -- Measurement
172901
Cook, Diana. Evaluation of Turbidity Measurement in Pulp Mill Effluents and Receiving Waters. Technical Bulletin no. 853. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, 2002.

Water quality -- United States
152211
American Water Resources Association and others. Coastal Water Resources Proceedings, American Water Resources Association, 2002 Spring Specialty Conference, May 13-15, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana. Technical Publication Series TPS-02-1. Middleburg, VA: The Association, 2002.

Water Resources -- Canada
201189
The Canada Water Act, 1999-2000. Ottawa: Environment Canada, 2000.

Water use
130515
National Research Council. Estimating Water Use in the United States: A New Paradigm for the National Water-Use Information Program. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2002.

Wetlands -- United States
152217
Methods for Evaluating Wetland Condition # 11: Using Algae to Assess Environmental Conditions in Wetlands. Washington, DC: U.S. EPA Office of Science and Technology and Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, 2002.

152218
Methods for Evaluating Wetland Condition # 12: Using Amphibians in Bioassessment of Wetlands. Washington, DC: U.S. EPA Office of Science and Technology and Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, 2002.

152216
Methods for Evaluating Wetland Condition # 9: Developing an Invertebrate Index of Biological Integrity for Wetlands. Washington, DC: U.S. EPA Office of Science and Technology and Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, 2002.

Wood-pulp industry -- Environmental aspects
172899
Stratton, Stephen C. Evaluation of Sources of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Bleached Chemical Pulp Mill Effluents and Treatment Plant Residuals. Technical Bulletin no. 844. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, 2002.

Wood-pulp industry -- Environmental aspects -- Methodology
232339
Thomas, Jill. Long-Term Receiving Water Study Data Compendium August 1998 to September 1999. Technical Bulletin no. 843. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, 2002.

Web Sites of Interest

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems [.pdf]
http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/

The subtitle of “The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems” is “Measuring the Lands, Waters and Living Resources of the United States”. The report was prepared by the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, "a nonprofit institution dedicated to improving the scientific and economic foundation for environmental policy".

Dam Removal: Science and Decision Making [.pdf]
http://www.heinzctr.org/Programs/SOCW/dam_removal.htm

Another Heinz Center report, this one focuses on the nation’s small dams. It outlines the current state of research on and experience with dam removal including lessons learned from previous dam removals. The report is meant for decision makers, and gives step-by-step guidance for informed and responsible decision making.

The National Academies Press
http://www.nap.edu/

The National Academies Press "publishes over 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health”. The books are for sale in hard copy but more than 2500 are also available to read free online. You can search titles or text by keywords, browse by category or just take a look at the publications of the Water Science and Technology Board. Two of the latest offerings available online are “Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management” and “Florida Bay Research Programs and Their Relation to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan”.

Topic in Depth: The Color of Water
http://scout.wisc.edu/nsdl-reports/phys-sci/2002/ps-021115-topicindepth.html#1

The Internet Scout Report’s Topic in Depth for the November 15, 2002 issue dealing with the Physical Sciences was “The Color of Water”. Visit eight Web sites covering everything from why water is blue to possible causes of bright green or orange water. Or visit NASA’s Ocean Color page to view the various colors of oceans around the world.

Great Lakes Maritime History Project
http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3200/GreatLakes/

The story of shipping on the Great Lakes is one of the more colorful and intriguing eras in Wisconsin’s history. A consortium of libraries and universities put together this online sampling of photographs and descriptions of vessels dating back to the mid-1800s to serve as an introduction to their maritime history collections. The site can be searched by broad subject heading or keyword but also has an advanced search capability.

Some of the resources above are from the Copyrighted Internet Scout Project, 1994-2002. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

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