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Coastal pollution : effects on living resources and humans /

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This is an expansion of the earlier Ocean Pollution (1996), revised by Sindermann (a former administrator at a number of ocean research laboratories of the US federal government) to be somewhat less technically daunting. The book considers the history and pathological consequences of coastal polluti...

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Main Author: Sindermann, Carl J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor and Francis, 2006.
Series:Marine science series.
Subjects:
Marine animals > Effect of water pollution on.
Seafood > Contamination.
Faune marine > Effets de la pollution de l'eau sur.
Fruits de mer > Contamination.
POLLUTION EFFECTS
BIOLOGY
TOXICITY
LIVING RESOURCES
ALGAL BLOOMS
ANOXIA
OIL POLLUTION
PCB
CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS
Online Access:CRCnetBASE
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Summary:This is an expansion of the earlier Ocean Pollution (1996), revised by Sindermann (a former administrator at a number of ocean research laboratories of the US federal government) to be somewhat less technically daunting. The book considers the history and pathological consequences of coastal pollution living resource perspective. He first presents eight case studies of harms that have emerged at least partly as a consequence of coastal pollution. He then reviews the effects of coastal pollution on resource species and marine mammal, followed by a consideration of pollution's effects on humans. Annotation :2006 Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Item Description:Rev. and enlarged edition of: Ocean pollution. 1996.
Physical Description:280 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0849396778
9780849396779