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The marine environment : ecology, management and conservation / Adam D. Nemeth, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Marine biology (New York, N.Y.) | Environmental science, engineering and technology seriesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781620819456
  • 1620819457
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The marine environmentDDC classification:
  • 577.7 22
LOC classification:
  • GC1015.2
Online resources:
Contents:
THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION; THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: DESALINATION IMPACTS ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Water requirements; Water Sources; DESALINATION AS A WATER SOURCE; Desalination Global Development. Leading Countries; Water Desalination Technologies; Multi-Stage Flash Thermal Distillation Desalination (MSF); Reverse Osmosis Desalination Technology (RO).
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DESALINATION PROJECTS. PREVENTION AND MITIGATION MEASURESEnvironmental Impact by Type of Desalination Process; Desalination Plant Location; Impacts during the Construction Phase. Prevention and Mitigation Measures; Terrestrial Environment; Marine Environment; Impacts during the Operation Phase of the Plant; Energy Requirements; Water Intake; Effluent Waste Product Disposal; IMPACT OF BRINE DISCHARGES INTO THE SEA; Characteristics of the Desalination Effluent Waste Product; Behaviour of Brine into the Sea; Brine Discharge Systems.
Impacts on the Marine Environment. Prevention and Mitigation MeasuresEffects on Water Quality. Chemical pollution, Anoxia and Turbidity; Impacts on Marine Ecosystems; Effects on Plankton and Invertebrates; Effects on Fish Fauna; Effects on Coral Reefs; Effects on Seagrasses and Algae; Summary of Brine Discharge Impacts on the Marine Environment; Brine Discharge Modeling; Symplifying Assumptions; Governing Equations; Equation of Continuity (Mass Conservation); Equation of momentum conservation; Transport equation (Conservation of Solute mass); Equation of State.
Model Types According to Mathematical ApproachModels based on a dimensional analysis of the phenomenon; Models based on the integration of differential equations; Hydrodynamics Models; Commercial Tools for Simplified Brine Discharge Modelling; Methodology of Environmental Assessment for Desalination Projects; Marine Environmental Monitoring Programmes; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GOVERNANCE OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; 2. THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.
2.1. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Its Development and Scope2.1.1. Developments Leading to UNCLOS Convention; Convention on Territorial Sea and The Contiguous Zone (Entered Into Force 10 September 1964); Convention on the High Seas (Entered Into Force 30 September 1962); Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas (Entered into Force 20 March 1966); Convention of the Continental Shelf (Entry into Force 10 June 1964); Optional Protocol of Signature Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes (Entry into Force 30 September 1962).
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English.

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION; THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: DESALINATION IMPACTS ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Water requirements; Water Sources; DESALINATION AS A WATER SOURCE; Desalination Global Development. Leading Countries; Water Desalination Technologies; Multi-Stage Flash Thermal Distillation Desalination (MSF); Reverse Osmosis Desalination Technology (RO).

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DESALINATION PROJECTS. PREVENTION AND MITIGATION MEASURESEnvironmental Impact by Type of Desalination Process; Desalination Plant Location; Impacts during the Construction Phase. Prevention and Mitigation Measures; Terrestrial Environment; Marine Environment; Impacts during the Operation Phase of the Plant; Energy Requirements; Water Intake; Effluent Waste Product Disposal; IMPACT OF BRINE DISCHARGES INTO THE SEA; Characteristics of the Desalination Effluent Waste Product; Behaviour of Brine into the Sea; Brine Discharge Systems.

Impacts on the Marine Environment. Prevention and Mitigation MeasuresEffects on Water Quality. Chemical pollution, Anoxia and Turbidity; Impacts on Marine Ecosystems; Effects on Plankton and Invertebrates; Effects on Fish Fauna; Effects on Coral Reefs; Effects on Seagrasses and Algae; Summary of Brine Discharge Impacts on the Marine Environment; Brine Discharge Modeling; Symplifying Assumptions; Governing Equations; Equation of Continuity (Mass Conservation); Equation of momentum conservation; Transport equation (Conservation of Solute mass); Equation of State.

Model Types According to Mathematical ApproachModels based on a dimensional analysis of the phenomenon; Models based on the integration of differential equations; Hydrodynamics Models; Commercial Tools for Simplified Brine Discharge Modelling; Methodology of Environmental Assessment for Desalination Projects; Marine Environmental Monitoring Programmes; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GOVERNANCE OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; 2. THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.

2.1. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Its Development and Scope2.1.1. Developments Leading to UNCLOS Convention; Convention on Territorial Sea and The Contiguous Zone (Entered Into Force 10 September 1964); Convention on the High Seas (Entered Into Force 30 September 1962); Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas (Entered into Force 20 March 1966); Convention of the Continental Shelf (Entry into Force 10 June 1964); Optional Protocol of Signature Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes (Entry into Force 30 September 1962).

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