Nearshore waste disposal

Author(s)

• Ketchum, Bostwick H.

Bibliographic Information

Nearshore waste disposal

edited by Bostwick H. Ketchum ... [et al.]

（Wastes in the ocean, v. 6）（Environmental science and technology）

Wiley, c1985

• : est.

Other Title

Near shore waste disposal

Note

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Investigates the following aspects of near-shore wastes disposal: physical, chemical and biological processes, effects of waste disposal in the near-shore environment and on its marine organisms, tracking and monitoring of waste, and legal and policy implications.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• The Impact of Waste Disposal in Nearshore Environments
• BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
• Bioavailability and Effects of Heavy Metals in Marine Deposits
• Use of Bacteria, Clostridium Perfringens in Marine Sediments as a Monitor of Sewage Particulate Deposition and Movement
• Gill Blackening and Fouling in the Rock Crab, Cancer Irroratus as an Indicator of Coastal Pollution
• GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
• Hydrocarbons in Southern California Municipal Wastes and their Input to Coastal Waters
• PHYSICAL PROCESSES
• Energetics of Dredged-Material Dumping in the New York Bight.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA23940450
• ISBN:
  • 0471893307
• LCCN: 84025697
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 534 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TD763
  • DC19 : 363.7/28
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Waste disposal in the ocean -- Environmental aspects -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23288910
  • BA00026471