Coastal and deep ocean pollution / edited by Andres Hugo Arias, Sandra Elizabeth Botte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arias, Andrés Hugo, editor.

Botte, Sandra Elizabeth, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine pollution.

Marine resources conservation.

Marine ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2020]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]

System Details:

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Biography/History:

Dr. Andrés Hugo Arias is a researcher, UNEP consultant, member of the Directive Council of the Argentinean Institute of Oceanography (IADO-CONICET) and Teacher at the National South University (Argentina). Group leader, PhD and postdoc supervisor, his area of expertise falls between marine biogeochemistry and ocean monitoring, focusing in the pollution of the marine and coastal environments: Persistent Organic Compounds/Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Assessment. Current editor for Taylor & Francis/CRC Press and international reviewer, have published more than fifty journal articles at international refereed journals and books. Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Botté, Degree in Biological Sciences and Doctor in Biology (Argentina). Specialist in: marine metal pollution and biogeochemical cycles of elements in marine and terrestrial aquatic environments. Member, advisor and director of different research projects since 1996. A researcher with a workplace since 2000 at the IADO (Argentine Institute of Oceanography) CONICET-UNS. She has more than 60 publications (articles, book chapters, technical reports, etc.) to her credit. She is a teacher since 1996 and Assistant Professor since 2017, in the Department of Biology, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, National University of the South (UNS). Bahía Blanca (8000) Argentina.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Table of Contents

Section I: General Pollution in Coastal and Deep Ocean Environments

1: Black Tides: Petroleum in the Ocean

2: Oxygen Depletion in Coastal Waters and the Open Ocean: Hypoxia and Anoxia Cases and Consequences for Biogeochemical Cycling and Marine Life

3: Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal, Estuarine, and Offshore Waters

Section II: Inorganic Pollutants and Associated Effects

4: Mercury Cycling in the Coastal and Open Ocean and Associated Health Risks: A Global Overview

5: Copper: Essential and Noxious to Aquatic Organisms

6: Behavioral Responses of Marine Animals to Metals, Acidification, Hypoxia and Noise Pollution

7: Eco-friendly Strategies of Remediation in the Marine System: Bioremediation and Phytoremediation

8: Lesser-known Metals with Potential Impacts in the Marine Environment

Section III: Organic Pollutants

9: Organophosphorus Compounds

10: Halogenated Pollutants in Marine and Coastal Environments

11: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Occurrence, Levels, Distribution and Ecotoxicological Fate at Coastal and Deep Ocean

12: Brominated Flame Retardants

Index

Color Plate Section

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9780203704271

0203704274

9781351337533

135133753X

9781351337540

1351337548

9781351337526

1351337521

Publisher Number:

99984999919

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