Rev. and enl. ed. of: Ocean pollution. 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Cholera -- 2. Minamata disease -- 3. PCBs and related chemicals -- 4. Microbial pollution of recreational waters -- 5. Harmful algal blooms in coastal waters -- 6. Anoxia in coastal waters -- 7. "Black tides" : petroleum in coastal waters -- 8. Biological pollution : invasions by alien species -- 9. Sublethal effects of coastal pollution on marine animals -- 10. Effects of coastal pollution on yields from fish and shellfish resources -- 11. Mass mortalities of marine mammals -- 12. Effects of coastal pollution on public health -- 13. Economic effects of coastal pollution : a resource perspective -- 14. Effects of coastal pollution on the quality of human life -- 15. Summary and conclusions. This is an expansion of the earlier Ocean Pollution (1996), revised by Sindermann (a former administrator at a number of ocean research laboratories of the US federal government) to be somewhat less technically daunting. The book considers the history and pathological consequences of coastal pollution living resource perspective. He first presents eight case studies of harms that have emerged at least partly as a consequence of coastal pollution. He then reviews the effects of coastal pollution on resource species and marine mammal, followed by a consideration of pollution's effects on humans. Annotation :2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).