Pollution and the biological resources of the oceans / S.A. Patin ; translated by Freund Publishing House, Israel
London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1982. First Edition. Good copy bound in the original colour printed boards. Sun-toning to the boards and spine. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #361987
Physical description; x, 287 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-273) and index. Contents; Front Cover; Pollution and the Biological Resources of the Oceans; Copyright Page; Introduction; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Principal trends and objectives in ecological investigations of pollution of the World Ocean; General situation; Biogeochemical investigations; Marine ecotoxicology; Biological principles of pollution control; Conclusions; Chapter 2. General pollution patterns of ecological zones in the World Ocean; Features and tendencies of the radio-ecological situation of the marine environment; Sources and levels of chemical pollution Ecological characteristics of the global pollution zone of the marine environmentConclusions; Chapter 3. Biogeochemical features of behaviour and migration of pollutants in marine ecosystems; Forms of occurrence of toxicants in sea water; Principal biogeochemical features of toxicants in seas and oceans; Conclusions; Chapter 4. Accumulation of pollutants in commercial marine products; Introduction; Radioactive pollution of commercial fishes; Heavy metals in commercial fishes; Chlorinated hydrocarbons in commercial organisms; Conclusions. Chapter 5. Experimental methods, organisms and tests in ecotoxicological investigationsGeneral description of methods and test organisms; Zones, effects and criteria of evaluation of toxic effects; Quantitative estimation of toxic effects; Ecotoxicological methods and tests for investigating unicellular marine algae and their production; Test organisms and methods of toxicological investigations on important species of marine fauna; Conclusions; Chapter 6. Effect of pollutants on cultured unicellular marine algae; Effect of dissolved petroleum products; Effect of organochlorine toxicants Effect of detergents and petroleum emulsifiersEffect of heavy metals and transition metals; Combined effect of several factors; Conclusions; Chapter 7. Ecotoxicological investigations of primary production and of natural communities of marine phytoplankton; Effect of chemical toxicants on primary production in the Baltic Sea; Effect of chemical toxicants on phytoplankton and primary production in the Caspian Sea; Ecotoxicological investigations of phytoplankton in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Red Sea; Conclusions. Chapter 8. Biological evaluation of the effect of chemical toxicants on marine faunaToxicological investigations on marine crustaceans; Experiments on Polychaeta and Mollusca; Experiments on fishes; Conclusions; Chapter 9. General features of the effects of the most widely distributed toxicants on different groups of marine organisms; Basic assumptions; Biological effects of petroleum hydrocarbons and other organic toxicants; Petroleum and petroleum compounds; Biological effect of heavy metals and transition metals. General features of the biological effects of toxicants and size structure of inhabitants of the World Ocean. Subjects; Marine pollution Environmental aspects. Marine productivity. Pollution marine Aspect de l'environnement. Productivite? marine. Science Life Sciences Biology. Marine pollution Environmental aspects. Marine productivity. Marine ecology. Marine pollution. Marine engineering Periodicals. Lead. Biology. Marine resources. Pollutants. Surface active agents. Pesticides. Mercury. Copper. Zinc. Cadmium. Marine productivity. Marine pollution Environmental aspects. Marine ecology. Seas - ecology - biology. Marine organisms Effects of pollution of oceans. Pollution Effects. Surfactants. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
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