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The ocean, sea and coastal areas show varying degrees of impact from the multiple human activities carried out in the terrestrial as well as in the aquatic environment. The main purpose of this book is to document at a glance the latest research in the field of ocean pollution.
List of contents
GENERAL POLLUTION IN COASTAL AND DEEP OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS. Black Tides: Petroleum in the Ocean. Oxygen Depletion in Coastal Waters and the Open Ocean: Hypoxia and Anoxia Cases and Consequences for Biogeochemical Cycling and Marine Life. Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal, Estuarine, and Offshore Waters.
INORGANIC POLLUTANTS AND ASSOCIATED EFFECTS. Mercury Cycling in the Coastal and Open Ocean and Associated Health Risks: A Global Overview. Copper: Essential and Noxious to Aquatic Organisms. Behavioral Responses of Marine Animals to Metals, Acidification, Hypoxia and Noise Pollution. Eco-friendly Strategies of Remediation in the Marine System: Bioremediation and Phytoremediation. Lesser-known Metals with Potential Impacts in the Marine Environment.
ORGANIC POLLUTANTS. Organophosphorus Compounds. Halogenated Pollutants in Marine and Coastal Environments. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Occurrence, Levels, Distribution and Ecotoxicological Fate at Coastal and Deep Ocean. Brominated Flame Retardants.
About the author
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.
Summary
The ocean, sea and coastal areas show varying degrees of impact from the multiple human activities carried out in the terrestrial as well as in the aquatic environment. The main purpose of this book is to document at a glance the latest research in the field of ocean pollution.
