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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 26 December 2024
- ISBN 9780197753811
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 203x135x17 mm
- Weight 386 g
- Language English 624
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Short description:
Updated to reflect recent research, the second edition of Marine Pollution discusses the sources of marine pollutants, their effects on marine organisms and humans, and how to reduce or eliminate them. Weis covers topics like oil spills, flame retardants, pharmaceuticals, noise pollution, and PFAS. A new chapter examines the prevalence of microplastics, how they find their way into our food, and the associated toxic chemicals. Additional chapters address the deadly effects of climate change in the ocean but also focus on actions that all people can take, citing recent environmental improvements as a cause for hope.
MoreLong description:
For millennia, human societies have viewed the ocean as a dumping ground for waste products of all kinds. The sources of marine pollution are extensive, including oil spills, sewage, fertilizers, pesticides, industrial wastes, heavy metals, ocean acidification, plastics, and even invasive species, considered biological pollution. Yet, the solutions are not as clear.
Updated to reflect recent research, this book discusses the sources of marine pollutants, their effects on marine organisms and humans, and how to reduce or eliminate them. Weis covers the aftermath of oil spills in addition to "emerging" topics like flame retardants, pharmaceuticals, noise pollution, and PFAS. A new chapter examines the prevalence of microplastics and how they rise through the food chain into human beings, along with their associated toxic chemicals. Additional chapters address the deadly effects of climate change in the ocean but also focus on actions that all people can take, citing recent environmental improvements as a cause for hope.
Marine Pollution is an up-to-date, comprehensive survey of the different kinds and sources of contamination of marine waters. The author differentiates between contamination and pollution at the very beginning, noting that a contaminate becomes a pollutant-a toxic substance-only when it exceeds its normal/background concentration. The author emphasizes that pollution is a global problem that ultimately crosses geographical boundaries. Topics are carefully organized in interesting format and readable chapters. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.
Table of Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Nutrients
3. Metals
4. Oil
5. Pesticides and Industrial Organic Chemicals
6. Debris
7. Microplastics
8. Emerging Concerns
9. Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification
10. Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
11. Biological Pollution
12. Reducing Pollution
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