Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 37 (Advances in Marine Biology)
Contributors: Alan J. Southward (Editor); Paul A. Tyler (Editor); Craig M. Young (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780120261376
First sentence: Although human activities have always impacted on coastal areas, it is only within the last two centuries that the effects of industrialization, intensive agriculture and coastal engineering (including tourism) have seriously begun to threaten marine life.