Pollution and the Biological Resources of the Oceans

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Introduction, Pages v-vii
Chapter 1 - Principal trends and objectives in ecological investigations of pollution of the World Ocean, Pages 1-12
Chapter 2 - General pollution patterns of ecological zones in the World Ocean, Pages 13-32
Chapter 3 - Biogeochemical features of behaviour and migration of pollutants in marine ecosystems, Pages 33-49
Chapter 4 - Accumulation of pollutants in commercial marine products, Pages 50-67
Chapter 5 - Experimental methods, organisms and tests in ecotoxicological investigations, Pages 68-79
Chapter 6 - Effect of pollutants on cultured unicellular marine algae, Pages 80-109
Chapter 7 - Ecotoxicological investigations of primary production and of natural communities of marine phytoplankton, Pages 110-123
Chapter 8 - Biological evaluation of the effect of chemical toxicants on marine fauna, Pages 124-139
Chapter 9 - General features of the effects of the most widely distributed toxicants on different groups of marine organisms, Pages 140-156
Chapter 10 - Biological consequences of global pollution of the marine environment, Pages 157-171
Chapter 11 - Ecotoxicological control and biological norms of pollutants in the marine environment, Pages 172-180
Chapter 12 - Ecological aspects of protection of the World Ocean from pollution, Pages 181-198
Postscript, Pages 199-200
Appendix 1 - EFFECT OF OIL ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 203-208
Appendix 2 - EFFECT OF SURFACTANTS (DETERGENTS) ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 209-211
Appendix 3 - EFFECT OF EMULSIFIERS AND OTHER SURFACE-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS APPLIED IN THE CONTROL OF OIL SPILLS ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Page 212
Appendix 4 - EFFECT OF DDT, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB) AND OTHER ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 213-218
Appendix 5 - EFFECT OF MERCURY ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 219-221
Appendix 6 - EFFECT OF COPPER ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 222-225
Appendix 7 - EFFECT OF ZINC ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 226-227
Appendix 8 - EFFECT OF LEAD ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 228-229
Appendix 9 - EFFECT OF CADMIUM ON MARINE ORGANISMS, Pages 230-231
References, Pages 232-273
Index, Pages 275-287