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Die Beeinträchtigung aquatischer Ökosysteme durch die Zivilisation

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The surface waters of northwestern Europe belong to the most heavily loaded waters of the world. Within the last decades, pollution by non-biogenic organic substances has often become more important than pollution by domestic sewage. Ecologic concepts aid in understanding the various modes of disturbance of aquatic ecosystems. Stream pollution control consists not only of waste treatment.

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  1. Institut für Gewässerschutz und Wassertechnologie an der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule, Zürich

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Nach einem Vortrag, gehalten aus Anlaß der 109. Versammlung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte am 20. September 1976 in Stuttgart

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Stumm, W. Die Beeinträchtigung aquatischer Ökosysteme durch die Zivilisation. Naturwissenschaften 64, 157–165 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00449962

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