Pollution of the North Sea An Assessment

Name: Pollution of the North Sea An Assessment
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ISBN: 9783642737091

ISBN-10: 3642737099

ISBN-13: 9783642737091

Edition: 1988

Authors: Wim Salomons, Brian L. Bayne, Egbert K. Duursma, Ulrich Fï¿½rstner, Ulrich Fï¿½rstner

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This preface is being written at a time of exceptional public interest in the North Sea, following media head lines on toxic algal blooms, the mass mortality of common seals, and concern over pollution levels. These headlines may suggest that pollution of the North Sea is a recent event. This is not the case. Although no data are available (methods simply did not exist), it is safe to assume that emission (both into air and water) of heavy metals already started to increase in the 19th cen tury. The growth of cities and introduction of sewer sys tems led to the discharge of raw sewage and sewage sludge. The introduction of man-made (xenobiotic) organ ic chemicals and their subsequent…

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List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 12/6/2012
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 687
Language: English