Marine Environmental Pollution, 2Dumping and Mining

✍ Scribed by Richard A. Geyer (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
• Year: 1981
• Leaves: 563
• Series: Elsevier Oceanography Series 27, Part B
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-x
Richard A. Geyer

Glossary
Pages xi-xii

List of Contributors to this Volume
Pages xiii-xiv

Introduction Original Research Article
Pages 1-21
Richard A. Geyer

Chapter 1 Effects of Municipal Discharges on Open Coastal Ecosystems Original Research Article
Pages 25-66
Alan J. Mearns

Chapter 2 An Ecological Survey of the Gulf of Naples Area, Conducted During Se1ptember 15 to October 15, 1976, for the Region of Campania Original Research Article
Pages 67-68,69-72,73-88,89-92,93-104,105-108,109-120,121-124,125-141
Carl H. Oppenheimer, Dorothy P. Oppenheimer, Roberto Blundo

Chapter 3 Heavy Metals and Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean Original Research Article
Pages 143-192
Michael Bernhard

Chapter 4 History of Heavy-Metal Inputs to Mississippi Delta Sediments Original Research Article
Pages 193-208
John H. Trefry, Robert F. Shokes

Chapter 5 Heterotrophic Microbial Activity in Experimentally Perturbed Marine Ecosystems Original Research Article
Pages 209-226
P.A. Gillespie, R.F. Vaccaro

Chapter 6 Dredging Equipment and the Effects of Dredging on the Environment Original Research Article
Pages 227-240
John B. Herbich

Chapter 7 Environmental Effects of Unconfined and Confined Disposal of Dredged Materials in Open Water Original Research Article
Pages 241-260
John B. Herbich

Chapter 8 Changes in a Harbor Ecosystem Following “Improved” Waste Treatment Original Research Article
Pages 261-277
Dorothy F. Soule

Chapter 9 Suspended Matter as a Carrier for Pollutants in Estuaries and the Sea Original Research Article
Pages 281-295
D. Eisma

Chapter 10 Marine Biology Needed to Assess the Safety of a Program of Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in the Ocean Original Research Article
Pages 297-312
M.V. Angel, M.J.R. Fasham, A.L. Rice

Chapter 11 The New York Bight Ecosystem Original Research Article
Pages 313-378
Charles G. Gunnerson

Chapter 12 Deep-Ocean Dumping of Industrial Wastes Original Research Article
Pages 379-400
Duane C. Simpson, Thomas P. O'Connor, P. Kilho Park

Chapter 13 An Evaluation of the Effects of Man-Derived Wastes on the Viability of the Gulf of Mexico Original Research Article
Pages 401-414
William M. Sackett

Chapter 14 Environmental Impacts of Deep-Ocean Mining – The Importance of Manganese Original Research Article
Pages 415-436
Charles L. Morgan

Chapter 15 Impacts of Manganese Nodule Mining on the Environment: Results from Pilot-Scale Mining Tests in the North Equatorial Pacific Original Research Article
Pages 437-474
E. Ozturgut, J.W. Lavelle, R.E. Burns

Chapter 16 Sediment Dispersion and Other Environmental Impacts of Deep-Ocean Mining in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Original Research Article
Pages 475-517
Takashi Ichiye, Michael Carnes

References Review Article
Pages 519-559

Index
Pages 561-574