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Mediterranean Sea : ecosystems, economic importance, and environmental threats / Terrence B. Hughes, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Marine biology series.
- Marine Biology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biotic communities--Mediterranean Region.
- Biotic communities.
- Biodiversity--Mediterranean Region.
- Biodiversity.
- Marine pollution--Mediterranean Sea.
- Marine pollution.
- Mediterranean Region--Environmental conditions.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the ecosystems, economic importance and environmental threats to the Mediterranean Sea. Topics discussed include the need for an economic and business oriented approach to ecosystem services in the Mediterranean Sea; marine pollution from shipwrecks at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea; the effects of produced formation water (PFW) on the marine environment of the Mediterranean Sea; Secchi depth and water quality control; an environmental modeling plan for the construction and operation of a marine terminal for regasifying liquefied natural gas in the North Adriatic Sea; and a study of bioactive peptides from the venom of the Mediterranean cone snail conus ventricosus.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 04, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-62618-239-6
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