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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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Cholera
  • 2. Minamata disease
  • 3. PCBs and related chemicals
  • 4. Microbial pollution of recreational waters
  • 5. Harmful algal blooms in coastal waters
  • 6. Anoxia in coastal waters
  • 7. "Black tides" : petroleum in coastal waters
  • 8. Biological pollution : invasions by alien species
  • 9. Sublethal effects of coastal pollution on marine animals
  • 10. Effects of coastal pollution on yields from fish and shellfish resources
  • 11. Mass mortalities of marine mammals
  • 12. Effects of coastal pollution on public health
  • 13. Economic effects of coastal pollution : a resource perspective
  • 14. Effects of coastal pollution on the quality of human life
  • 15. Summary and conclusions.