Marine Pollution Diagnosis and Therapy

Marine Pollution Diagnosis and Therapy / by Sebastian A. Gerlach.

When, in 1966, the Gennan Research Society directed the attention of oceanographers in the Federal Republic of Ger­ many to problems of marine pollution, I was not enthusiastic. Emphasis on this problem area meant that other important research plans had to be postponed. But the lectures at the Third...

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Main Author: Gerlach, Sebastian A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1981.
Edition:1st ed. 1981.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Oceanography.
Ecology .
Ecotoxicology.
Waste management.
Water pollution.
Air pollution.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 General
  • 1.2 The Definition of Pollution
  • 1.3 Units of Measurement and Seawater Composition
  • 2 Domestic Effluents
  • 2.1 Biodegradable Organic Substances
  • 2.2 Infections
  • 2.3 Eutrophication
  • 2.4 The Situation in the Baltic
  • 2.5 Global Eutrophication?
  • 2.6 Sewage Treatment Plants in Coastal Regions?
  • 2.7 Detergents
  • 2.8 Residual Heat
  • 2.9 Gradual Coastal Changes
  • 3 Industrial Effluents
  • 3.1 General
  • 3.2 Effluents Containing Mercury
  • 3.3 Effluents from Pesticide Plants
  • 4 Pollution of the Sea by Ships
  • 4.1 Discharging of Wastes on the High Seas
  • 4.2 Waste Acids and Ferrous Sulfate of the Titanium Pigment Industry and the Problem of the Indicator Communities
  • 4.3 Discharging of Dredge Spoil and Sludge
  • 4.4 Toxic Substances in Antifouling Paints
  • 4.5 Garbage from Ships
  • 5 Oil Pollution
  • 5.1 The Composition of Petroleum
  • 5.2 Fate of Oil on the Surface of the Ocean
  • 5.3 Sources of Marine Pollution by Petroleum
  • 5.4 Effect of Oil on Marine Life
  • 5.5 Combating Oil Pollution
  • 6 Radioactivity
  • 6.1 Natural Background Radioactivity and Fall-out
  • 6.2 Reprocessing Plants, Plutonium Plants, and Nuclear Reactors
  • 6.3 Radioactive Waste
  • 6.4 Effects of Radioactivity
  • 7 General Problems of Harmful Substances in the Sea
  • 7.1 Toxicity
  • 7.2 Accumulation
  • 7.3 Geochemical Processes
  • 7.4 Global Considerations
  • 8 Global Contamination of the Oceans by Heavy Metals
  • 8.1 How Much Mercury May Be Tolerated in Fish for Human Consumption?
  • 8.2 Mercury in Large Fish, Seal, and Open Sea Marine Birds
  • 8.3 Mercury in the Water of the World’s Oceans
  • 8.4 Sources of Mercury in the Sea
  • 8.5 Has Man Increased the Concentration of Mercury in the World’s Oceans?
  • 8.6 Contamination of the Oceans with Cadmium
  • 8.7 Contamination of the Oceans with Lead
  • 9 Global Pollution of the Oceans with Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
  • 9.1 General
  • 9.2 What Quantity of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons May Be Tolerated in Marine Food for Human Consumption?
  • 9.3 Ways of Transport, Transformations, and Concentrations
  • 9.4 Effects of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
  • 10 Laws Against the Pollution of the Oceans
  • 11 Diagnosis and Therapy
  • References.

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