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Meta-Analysis of the Radioactive Pollution of the Ocean

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Strategic Management of Marine Ecosystems

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Series ((NAIV,volume 50))

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Humans have been altering the marine environment for millennia. Up till now, five critical environmental issues have affected the oceans: over-fishing, chemical pollution and eutrophication, habitat destruction, invasion of exotic species and global climate change. However, one of the major threats the oceans may face in the twenty-first century is radioactive pollution over the second half of the twentieth century.

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Yablokov, A.V. (2005). Meta-Analysis of the Radioactive Pollution of the Ocean. In: Levner, E., Linkov, I., Proth, JM. (eds) Strategic Management of Marine Ecosystems. NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Series, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3198-X_1

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