Marine Pollution

Robert Clark (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2001 | 5th Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-879292-5 (ISBN)

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Focusing on marine pollution, this book explains the problems of pollution in the seas worldwide. It is designed as an introductory textbook, and is useful for engineers, economists, lawyers, and environmentalists who need to be informed about the effects of materials which are deliberately or accidentally discharged into the sea.

The market leading textbook in marine pollution now in its fifth edition.

The problems of pollution in the seas worldwide are explained clearly, unemotionally, and authoritatively. This book is designed as an introductory textbook, but no particular knowledge is demanded of the reader; it can be used by engineers, economists, lawyers, or environmentalists who need to be informed about the effects of materials which are deliberately or accidentally discharged into the sea.

Clark: 53 Highbury, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3LN. Now retired. Dr Chris Frid (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) and Martin Attrill (University of Plymouth) contributed some sections and advised on content

1. What is pollution? ; 2. Measuring change ; 3. Oxygen-demanding wastes ; 4. Oil pollution ; 5. Metals ; 6. Halogenated hydrocarbons ; 7. Radioactivity ; 8. Dredgings, solids, plastics, and heat ; 9. The state of some seas ; Further reading

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.3.2001
Zusatzinfo	numerous maps and line figures
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	188 x 247 mm
Gewicht	466 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-19-879292-1 / 0198792921
ISBN-13	978-0-19-879292-5 / 9780198792925
Zustand	Neuware