Marine Pollution
what everyone needs to know®
$39.59
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2025
Summary
A Sea of Troubles: Understanding and Combating Marine Pollution
For millennia, human societies have viewed the ocean as a dumping ground for waste products of all kinds. The sources of marine pollution are extensive, including oil spills, sewage, fertilizers, pesticides, industrial wastes, heavy metals, ocean acidification, plastics, and even invasive species, considered biological pollution. Yet, the solutions are not as clear.
Updated to reflect recent research, this book …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197753811 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197753817 |
| Series: | What Everyone Needs To Know® |
| Author: | Judith S. Weis |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 135mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Judith S. Weis
Judith S. Weis is Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, specializing in estuarine ecology and ecotoxicology. She has published over 250 scientific papers and is interested in stresses and their effects on organisms, populations, and communities. She is on the editorial board for BioScience, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was a Fulbright Fellow in Indonesia. She served on advisory committees for EPA, NOAA, and NAS, and chaired the Science Advisory Board of NJ DEP. She was president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and received the Merit Award from the Society of Wetland Scientists.
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