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  title info:
    title: Marine pollution and human health
  name:
    name part: Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.)
  name:
    name part: Harrison, R.
  name:
    name part: Harrison, Roy M.
    name part: 1948-
  name:
    name part: ebrary, Inc
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: There is growing concern about the state of the world's oceans. The rapid growth of human populations in coastal regions has led to increasing dependence on marine resources. Beneficial features related to food supply and life style need to be balanced against the hazards presented by microbial pathogens, chemical pollutants, and toxic algal blooms. In this book, a group of experts from a range of backgrounds review the key aspects of the marine environment in relation to human health. An initial overview explains the need for integrating a range of disciplines, from physical oceanography and marine biology to molecular biology and epidemiology. Only by this approach can we hope to predict the consequences of environmental change and exploitation of natural resources upon our coastal ecosystems and, ultimately, on society and human health. Subsequent chapters then focus on more specialized topics. Firstly, waterborne pathogens are reviewed in detail and the microbial measures and policy implications important for protecting humans from exposure are described. Next, the consumption of contaminated seafood is considered along with its implications regarding the growth of aquaculture. Priority pollutants, emerging contaminants, and plastics are investigated as are the effects of climate change on pollution. Some phytoplankton produce biotoxins which accumulate in the flesh of filter-feeders such as bivalve molluscs. This creates a health risk when the shellfish are consumed by humans. The penultimate chapter, therefore, concentrates on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the methodologies used to safeguard human health.The book concludes by proposing a holistic systems approach, such as Integrated Coastal Zone Management, to address the interconnected scientific challenges of increased human population pressure, pollution, over-exploitation of food resources, and the urgent need for effective public health solutions to be developed from politically and environmentally mean…
  table of contents: Marine Environment and Human Health: An Overview / J. Icarus Allen -- Waterborne Pathogens / Jill R. Stewart, Lora E. Fleming, Jay M. Fleisher, Amir M. Abdelzaher and M. Maille Lyons -- Estuarine and Marine Pollutants / James W. Readman,, Eniko Kadar, John A. J. Readman and Carlos Guitart -- Harmful Algal Blooms / Keith Davidson, Paul Tett and Richard Gowen -- Scientific Challenges and Policy Needs / Michael N. Moore, Richard Owen and Michael H. Depledge.
  note: R.E. Hester, R.M. Harrison, editors.
  note: Description based on print version record.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Water Pollution
    topic: adverse effects
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Exposure
    topic: adverse effects
  subject:
    topic: Oceans and Seas
  subject:
    topic: Marine pollution
  subject:
    topic: Human beings
    topic: Effect of pollution on
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control
  classification: GC1085 .M37 2011eb
  classification: 363.739/4
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Marine pollution and human health
    origin info:
      publisher: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2011
    identifier: (OCoLC)769646176
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Issues in environmental science and technology ; 33
  identifier: 9781849732871 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1849732876 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9781849732406
  identifier: 184973240X
  identifier: T3418 Royal Society of Chemistry
  identifier: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tamucs/detail.action
  record info:
    record content source: UKRSC
    record creation date: 130114
    record change date: 20250816205703.0
    record identifier: in00002863334
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng