Pollution of the North Sea. An Assessment. Eds. W. Salomons, B. L. Bayne, E. K. Duursma and U. Förstner. – 687 pp., 238 figs., 94 tabs. Berlin–Heidelberg–New York: Springer-Verlag 1988. ISBN 3-540-19288-3 and 0-387-19288-3. DM 198,00
✍ Scribed by L. Karbe
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-2944
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✦ Synopsis
This book is the first niodern review on the fate, dist,ribution and effects of pollntimtsin the Nort>li Sc~ii, written with the aim of prcsrnting scientific data, and analysis on the quiility status of the North Sea.
There is ii remiirkablc consrnsus among thc 7 2 Rnthors representing a multiniitional, multidisciplinary team, on the vulnerability of the North Sc:i ecosystem and its finite capacit,y to assirnilate waste. The book does not attempt t o offer immediate solutions to perceived problcms. lrresptxtive of thc fact thtit the North Sea is one of the best studied seas, the theory of North Sea ecosystem structure ;ind functioning is not yet advanccd enough to ;illow detailed tracing of citusc and rffccts. However, recommcwd;itions are madc how to identify the most srnsitive iLreiis snd proces-SI'S and how to go ahead constructing more comprehensive predictive models for i i morc effective wiiter qndity management.
The various iispects of North Srn pollution arc discussed in four sect,ions with 9 to 12 chapt,ers cwh. Part I is a general introdnct,ion into the physics, chemistry and biology of the North Stw system, driiwing specinl att,rntion t o featnrcs of specific importance to pollution: hydrography, suspended m;Ltter und Rcdiment transport, geobio1ogic;il effects on the mobility of contamnants, nature and functioning of rcgional environments known t o be most sensitive against deterioration and eutrophication such as estuztries, fjords cLnd salt marshrs, fishery rosonrccs, cffccts by natural events.