Coastal Pollution: Sources, Fate and Effects of Pollutants in Coastal Ecosystems
Front Cover -- Marine Pollution -- Marine Pollution: Sources, Fate and Effects of Pollutants in Coastal Ecosystems -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- I: Pollutants in Marine Ecosystems -- 1 - Basic Concepts -- 1.1 POLLUTION, AN ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS -- 1.2 CLASSIFICATIONS OF POLLUTANTS ACCORDING TO ORIGIN AND PERSISTENCE -- 1.3 IS AN ECOSYSTEM POLLUTED? A FIRST SCIENTIFIC ANSWER: BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION AND ENRICHMENT FACTOR -- 1.4 POLLUTION IMPLIES A DELETERIOUS EFFECT: TOXICITY TESTS AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL BIOASSAYS -- 1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CRITERIA AND STANDARDS -- 1.6 PATHWAYS AND DISTRIBUTION OF POLLUTANTS IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS -- KEY IDEAS -- Endnotes -- Suggested Further Reading -- 2 - Nonpersistent Organic Pollution -- 2.1 THE CARBON CYCLE AND THE BALANCE OF OXYGEN IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS -- HYPOXIA -- 2.2 NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE WATER -- 2.3 ESTIMATES OF ORGANIC MATTER IN EFFLUENTS AND RECEIVING WATERS: BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD), CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) ... -- 2.4 ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA AND ANOXIA -- KEY IDEAS -- Endnotes -- Suggested Further Reading -- 3 - Nonpersistent Inorganic Pollution -- 3.1 NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN THE WATER -- 3.2 EUTROPHICATION AND HYPEREUTROPHICATION -- 3.3 PREVENTION AND ABATEMENT OF HYPEREUTROPHICATION -- 3.4 DOMESTIC DETERGENTS -- KEY IDEAS -- Endnotes -- Suggested Further Reading -- 4 - Microbial Pollution -- 4.1 PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS PRESENT IN MARINE WATERS -- 4.2 MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF NATURAL WATERS -- BATHING WATER REGULATIONS -- 4.3 MICROBIAL SAFETY OF SHELLFISH AND OTHER FOOD OF MARINE ORIGIN -- KEY IDEAS -- Endnotes -- Suggested Further Reading -- 5 - Liquid Wastes: From Self-purification to Waste Water Treatment
