Marine pollution : diagnosis and therapy / Sebastian Gerlach ; [translators, R. Youngblood, S. Messele-Wieser].

Author
Gerlach, Sebastian A. [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1981.
Description
viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Notes
    • Rev. translation of: Meeresverschmutzung.
    • Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 196-212.
    Contents
    • DOMESTIC EFFLUENTS: Biodegradable organic substances
    • Infections
    • Eutrophication
    • The situation in the baltic
    • Global eutrophication?
    • Sewage treatment plants in coastal regions?
    • Detergents
    • Residual heat
    • Gradual coastal changes
    • INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS: Effluents containing mercury
    • Effluents from pesticide plants
    • POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY SHIPS: Discharging of wastes on the high seas
    • Waste acids and ferrous sulfate of the titanium pigment industry and the problem of the indicator communities
    • Discharging of dredge spoil and sludge
    • Toxic substances in antifouling paints
    • Garbage from ships
    • OIL POLLUTION: The composition of petroleum
    • Fate of oil on the surface of the ocean
    • Sources of marine pollution by petroleum
    • Effect of oil on marine life
    • Combating oil pollution
    • RADIOACTIVITY: Natural background radioactivity and fall-out
    • Reprocessing plants, plutonium plants, and nuclear reactors
    • Radioactive waste
    • Effects of radioactivity
    • GENERAL PROBLEMS OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE SEA: Toxicity
    • Accumulation
    • Geochemical processes
    • Global considerations
    • GLOBAL CONTAMINATION OF THE OCEANS BY HEAVY METALS: How much mercury may be tolerated in fish for human consumption?
    • Mercury in large fish, seal, and open sea marine birds
    • Mercury in the water of the world's oceans
    • Sources of mercury in the sea
    • Has man increased the concentration of mercury in the world's oceans?
    • Contamination of the oceans with cadmium
    • Contamination of the oceans with lead
    • GLOBAL POLLUTION OF THE OCEANS WITH CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS: What quantity of chlorinated hydrocarbons may be tolerated in marine food for human consumption?
    • Ways of transport, transformations, and concentrations
    • Effects of chlorinated hydrocarbons
    • LAWS AGAINST THE POLLUTION OF THE OCEANS.
    ISBN
    • 0387109404 ((New York))
    • 9780387109404 ((New York))
    • 3540109404
    • 9783540109402
    LCCN
    81009267
    OCLC
    7653473
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