Marine Pollution

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 1-5

3. Domestic Effluents

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 6-36

4. Industrial Effluents

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 37-52

5. Pollution of the Sea by Ships

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 53-70

6. Oil Pollution

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 71-103

7. Radioactivity

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 104-119

8. General Problems of Harmful Substances in the Sea

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 120-145

9. Global Contamination of the Oceans by Heavy Metals

   • Sebastian A. Gerlach

   Pages 146-163

10. Global Pollution of the Oceans with Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

    • Sebastian A. Gerlach

    Pages 164-183

11. Laws Against the Pollution of the Oceans

    • Sebastian A. Gerlach

    Pages 184-190

12. Diagnosis and Therapy

    • Sebastian A. Gerlach

    Pages 191-195

13. Back Matter

    Pages 196-220

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When, in 1966, the Gennan Research Society directed the attention of oceanographers in the Federal Republic of Ger­ many to problems of marine pollution, I was not enthusiastic. Emphasis on this problem area meant that other important research plans had to be postponed. But the lectures at the Third International Oceanographic Congress, September 1970, in Tokyo, and at the FAO Conference on Marine Pollution and its Effects on Living Resources and Fishing, December 1970, in Rome, convinced me that research on problems of marine pollution is a social obligation, and that the oceanographer has to take a stand. I issued public warnings about the continuing use of pesticides and had to defend myself against protests by the fishing industry and many colleagues who were, in Novem­ ber 1970, unaware of the extent of the threat. Thus, I was required by my profession to acquire an overview of the prob­ lems of ocean pollution. In 1971 I only needed to familiarize myself with some one hundred bibliographical items. In the interim, the flood of data has risen dramatically, and in the year 1975, no fewer than 868 publications under the heading of "Marine Pollution" were reported (Table 1). It is, therefore, more and more diffi­ cult to distinguish new results of scientific research from the many repetitions and variations, and I fear that from year to year my efforts to illustrate the actual status of the problem at a given moment will be subject to more gaps.

• Meeresverschmutzung
• Ocean
• industry
• marine
• pesticides
• pollution
• ecotoxicology
• water quality and water pollution
• air pollution and air quality

• Institut für Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany

  Sebastian A. Gerlach

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