Pollution & the Biological Resources of the Oceans
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: December 1982
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780408108409
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Nature / Field Guide Books
Description: This book surveys and presents in a systematic manner, experimental work on the effects of the major classes of toxicants - heavy metals, transition metals, petroleum compounds, chlorine containing organic compounds, surfactants and long-lived radionuclides - on the marine environment and on marine life in particular, emphasis is placed on the synthesis of results from ecological, toxicological and biogeochemical studies.