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Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment

English · Hardback

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List of contents

1. Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment 2. Trace Metals in Seawater 3. Metals in the Marine Atmosphere 4. Processes Affecting Metal Concentrations in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Sediments 5. Heavy Metal Levels in Marine Invertebrates 6. Use of Microalgae and Invertebrates as Monitors of Metal Levels in Estuaries and Coastal Waters 7. Toxic Effects of Metals and the Incidence of Metal Pollution in Marine Ecosystems 8. Biochemical and Cytological Assessments of Metal Toxicity in Marine Animals 9. Metal Levels in Marine Vertebrates 10. The Use of Seabirds as Monitors of Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment 11. Evidence for Historical Changes in Global Metal Pollution: Snow and Ice Samples 12. Evidence from Biological Samples for Historical Changes in Global Metal Pollution 13. Human Exposure to Metals through Consumption of Marine Foods: A Case Study of Exceptionally High Intake among Greenlanders

About the author

Robert W. Furness

Summary

The aim of this volume is to draw together state-of-the-art reviews of knowledge onlevels of heavy metals in marine environments (particularly in marine animals), the dynamicprocesses in these systems, toxic effects, and threats presented by heavy metals in foods ofmarine origin.

Product details

Authors Furness, Robert W. Furness
Assisted by Robert W. Furness (Editor), Philip S. Rainbow (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.12.2018
 
EAN 9781315894058
ISBN 978-1-315-89405-8
No. of pages 262
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous

SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Hydrology and the hydrosphere

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