The State of the marine environment

Author(s)

    • IMO/FAO/UNESCO/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution

Bibliographic Information

The State of the marine environment

GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution)

Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An international group of experts describe and assess current and future threats to the marine environment from chemical pollution (including oil, heavy metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons and radioactivity), platic waste and microbial contamination. The book describes the consequences of further exploitation of the coast due to population growth, accelerating urbanization, greater affluence and faster transport. The effects of fisheries, the consequences of over-fishing and stock fluctuations are considered, and proposals are set out for immediate action.

Table of Contents

  • Human activities affecting the sea
  • marine contaminants - levels and distribution
  • biological effects
  • ecological effects
  • prevention and control of marine pollution
  • overview.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA13133044
  • ISBN
    • 0632031980
  • LCCN
    91006432
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; Cambridge, Ma.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 146 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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