Marine Pollution - Gerlach, Sebastian A.

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Sommaire:
1 Introduction.- 1.1 General.- 1.2 The Definition of Pollution.- 1.3 Units of Measurement and Seawater Composition.- 2 Domestic Effluents.- 2.1 Biodegradable Organic Substances.- 2.2 Infections.- 2.3 Eutrophication.- 2.4 The Situation in the Baltic.- 2.5 Global Eutrophication?.- 2.6 Sewage Treatment Plants in Coastal Regions?.- 2.7 Detergents.- 2.8 Residual Heat.- 2.9 Gradual Coastal Changes.- 3 Industrial Effluents.- 3.1 General.- 3.2 Effluents Containing Mercury.- 3.3 Effluents from Pesticide Plants.- 4 Pollution of the Sea by Ships.- 4.1 Discharging of Wastes on the High Seas.- 4.2 Waste Acids and Ferrous Sulfate of the Titanium Pigment Industry and the Problem of the Indicator Communities.- 4.3 Discharging of Dredge Spoil and Sludge.- 4.4 Toxic Substances in Antifouling Paints.- 4.5 Garbage from Ships.- 5 Oil Pollution.- 5.1 The Composition of Petroleum.- 5.2 Fate of Oil on the Surface of the Ocean.- 5.3 Sources of Marine Pollution by Petroleum.- 5.4 Effect of Oil on Marine Life.- 5.5 Combating Oil Pollution.- 6 Radioactivity.- 6.1 Natural Background Radioactivity and Fall-out.- 6.2 Reprocessing Plants, Plutonium Plants, and Nuclear Reactors.- 6.3 Radioactive Waste.- 6.4 Effects of Radioactivity.- 7 General Problems of Harmful Substances in the Sea.- 7.1 Toxicity.- 7.2 Accumulation.- 7.3 Geochemical Processes.- 7.4 Global Considerations.- 8 Global Contamination of the Oceans by Heavy Metals.- 8.1 How Much Mercury May Be Tolerated in Fish for Human Consumption?.- 8.2 Mercury in Large Fish, Seal, and Open Sea Marine Birds.- 8.3 Mercury in the Water of the World's Oceans.- 8.4 Sources of Mercury in the Sea.- 8.5 Has Man Increased the Concentration of Mercury in the World's Oceans?.- 8.6 Contamination of the Oceans with Cadmium.- 8.7 Contamination of the Oceans withLead.- 9 Global Pollution of the Oceans with Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.- 9.1 General.- 9.2 What Quantity of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons May Be Tolerated in Marine Food for Human Consumption?.- 9.3 Ways of Transport, Transformations, and Concentrations.- 9.4 Effects of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.- 10 Laws Against the Pollution of the Oceans.- 11 Diagnosis and Therapy.- References.