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With contributions from an impressive group of Argentinean and German oceanographers, this book examines classical ecological issues relating to marine ecosystems in the context of climate change. It paints a picture of marine ecology at the crossroads of global warming and examines the fundamentals of marine ecology

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.

Ancient vs. modern oceans : perspectives in a climate change scenario / Jorge E. Marcovecchio, Silvia G. De Marco and Walter D. Melo -- South Atlantic circulation and variability from a data assimilating model / Elbio D. Palma and Ricardo P. Matano -- The issue of fossil fuels at the ocean : emissions to the sea and contribution to global CO2 / A.V. Botello, G. Ponce-Velez, L.A. Soto and F.S. Villanueva -- Continent derived metal pollution through time : challenges of the global ocean / Luiz Drude de Lacerda and Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio -- Emerging pollutants in the global change scenario / Bernd Markert, Stefan Fränzle, Simone Wünschmann and Peter Menke-Glückert -- Marine debris : problems and solutions of the changing ocean / H.B. Jayasiri -- Global shipping, ballast water and invasive species / Sami Souissi, Olivier Glippa and Hans-Uwe Dahms -- High seas deep-sea fisheries under the global changing trends / Gui Manuel Machado Menezes and Eva Giacomello -- Globalization of the Antarctic seas : pollution and climate change perspectives / Rosalinda Carmela Montone ... [et al.] -- International regulatory responses to global challenges in marine pollution and climate change / Yubing Shi and Dazhen Zhang