Salinity and Drainage in San Joaquin Valley, California: Science, Technology, and Policy

Book Overview

Chapter 1: E. W. Hilgard and the History of Irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley: Stunning Productivity, Slowly Undone by Inadequate Drainage.- Chapter 2: Salinity and Drainage Problems and the Framework for a Response.- Chapter 3: Scales and Scaling as a Framework for Synthesizing Irrigated Agroecosystem Research on the Westside San Joaquin Valley.- Chapter 4: Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements: Reactions in Soils.- Chapter 5: Uptake, Metabolism, and Volatilization of Selenium by Terrestrial Plants.- Chapter 6: Microbial Volatilization and Reduction of Selenium.- Chapter 7: Chemistry and Biology of Agricultural Evaporation Ponds.- Chapter 8: Management of Evaporation Basins to Reduce and Avoid Adverse Impacts to Water Birds.- Chapter 9: Integrated Irrigation and Drainage Water Management.- Chapter 10: Drainage water reuse: Concepts, Practices and Potential Crops.- Chapter 11: Membrane Desalination of Agricultural Drainage Water.- Chapter 12: Advances in Wetland Salinity Management.- Chapter 13: Regional Economics and Management in Closed Drainage Basins.- Chapter 14: Beyond California: An International Perspective on Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9402401962
• ISBN13: 9789402401967
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"