Marine PollutionThis new edition provides a balanced account of what wastes are discharged into the sea or get there accidentally, what happens to them when they get there, the effect they have on the marine environment, and the threats they present to human health. As well as being completely updated, case histories have been replaced by more recent ones, and the whole book has been given a greater international emphasis. This new edition has a new chapter to explain techniques for measuring change in the marine environment, extended further reading, and more emphasis on tropical seas. |
Contents
What is pollution? | 1 |
Measuring change | 11 |
Oxygendemanding wastes | 23 |
Copyright | |
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accumulate Amoco Cadiz animals areas Atlantic atmosphere bacterial Baltic beaches benthic bioaccumulation birds bivalves Bq kg cadmium Caspian caused cent chemical chlorinated hydrocarbons coast compounds contaminated copper corals crude oil damage dieldrin dioxins discharge disposal dose dredging dumping grounds effects effluent Elsevier Science environmental estuary eutrophication exposed exposure fauna Firth of Clyde fish fishery Gulf H H H high concentrations human impact increased industry levels liver marine environment marine organisms ment mercury metals molluscs natural inputs Nereis diversicolor North Sea nuclear nutrients Ocean offshore oil pollution oil spill organochlorines outfall oxygen particles particularly PCBs pesticides petroleum hydrocarbons phytoplankton plankton plants plastic polychaete population power stations production quantities radiation radioactivity radionuclides reduced result rivers salinity sea-birds seabed seafood seawater sediments Sellafield sewage sludge species substances surface tanker temperature tion tissue toxic waste weight yearı zinc
References to this book
Principles of Ecotoxicology, Third Edition C.H. Walker,R.M. Sibly,S.P. Hopkin,D.B. Peakall No preview available - 2005 |