Author: P. Szefer
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: metals, trace, contaminants, environment, volume, sea, metalloids, radionuclides, baltic, ecosystem
Number of Pages: 766
Published: 2002-02-13
List price: $193.00
ISBN-10: 0444503528
ISBN-13: 9780444503527

This book presents in detail the state of knowledge of the distribution, bioavailability, biomagnification, discrimination, fate and sources of chemical pollutants (metals, metalloids, radionuclides and nutrients) in all compartments (atmosphere, water, deposits, biota) of the Baltic environment. Particular components of the Baltic ecosystem are considered as potential monitors of pollutants. Budgets of chemical elements and the ecological status of the Baltic Sea in the past, present and future are presented. Estimates of health risks to man in respect to some toxic metals and radionuclides i