Research Catalog

Marine pollution

Title
Marine pollution / edited by R. Johnston.
Publication
London ; New York : Academic Press, 1976.

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Johnston, R.
Description
xiv, 729 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Marine pollution
  • marine pollution
  • Meeresverschmutzung
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 699-703.
Contents
MECHANISMS AND PROBLEMS OF MARINE POLLUTION IN RELATION TO COMMERCIAL FISHERIES / R. Johnston: Atmospheric pollution -- Pollution and the chemical elements -- Essentials of the biology of marine fish and shellfish relevant to pollution studies -- Waterborne pollution -- Organic poisons, inhibitors and contaminants -- Particulate pollution -- North Sea oil and gas -- Pollution nationwide -- Today's reckoning -- DISPERSION IN ESTUARIES AND INSHORE WATERS / R. E. Craig: Continuous discharge -- Discontinuous discharge -- Observed values of K, the diffusion coefficient -- A broader look -- HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE SEA / G. W. Bryan: Sources of metals -- Metals in sea water -- Sediments -- Toxic effects of heavy metals -- Effects of contamination -- SEWAGE AND THE SEA / G. Topping: The essential inorganic nutrients -- Nutrient enrichment from sewage -- An assessment of the general effects of sewage in the marine environment -- OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA / E. B. Cowell: Oil production and losses to the sea -- Oil pollution research -- General considerations -- SEABIRDS AND POLLUTION / W. R. P. Bourne: The life of seabirds -- Types of pollution -- Pollution in different oceans and groups of birds -- THE EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE BY TOXICITY AND WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS / E. J. Perkins: Biological response as measured by toxicity tests -- The assessment of long-term biological response -- Biological response and water quality evaluation -- LEGAL ASPECTS OF MARINE POLLUTION CONTROL / Gerald Moore: Controls at the international level -- Controls at the national level.
ISBN
  • 0123876508
  • 9780123876508
  • 1238765080 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
76001088
OCLC
  • ocm02921349
  • 2921349
  • SCSB-9130704
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library