Marine Pollution
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
Table of contents: title: Contenido; title: 1. What is pollution?; title: 1.1. Introduction; title: 1.2. Definitions; title: 1.3. Classification of pollution forms; title: 1.4. Sources; title: 1.5. Read more?; title: 2. How to measure pollution; title: 2.1. Measuring pollution is more difficult than you think; title: 2.2. Measuring toxicity the classical way; title: 2.3. Using biological responses as a marker for pollution; title: 2.4. Molecular effects: single biomarkers; title: 2.5. Modern technology: ecotoxicogenomics; title: 2.6. Modifications to tissues and organs; title: 2.7. Biomarkers on the organismal level; title: 2.8. Effects on ecosystems; title: 2.9. Read more?; title: 3. Inorganic pollutants; title: 3.1. Inorganic nutrients and eutrophication; title: 3.2. Carbon dioxide and ocean acidification; title: 3.3. Metal pollution; title: 3.4. Read more?; title: 4. Oil and organic pollution; title: 4.1. The polluting organic chemicals; title: 4.2. Oil spills; title: 4.3. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; title: 4.4. Halogenated hydrocarbons; title: 4.5. Read more?; title: 5. Newer forms of pollution; title: 5.1. Plastics; title: 5.2. Noise pollution: the death of a thousand cuts; title: 5.3. Hitching a ride: invasive species; title: 5.4. Read more?; title: 6. Policy and pollution; title: 6.1. The How and Why of pollution: The Tragedy of the Commons; title: 6.2. The Oceans as Commons; title: 6.3. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL); title: 6.4. MARPOL 7/78: it all started with oil pollution measures...; title: 6.5. The MARPOL Annexes: beyond oil pollution; title: 6.6. Read more?; title: 7. Envoi; title: 8. Endnotes