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Vast regions of the sea are as yet little known and unexploited. In fact, these areas represent the last unknown frontier on the Earth and also one of the few relatively unpolluted regions, although patches of oil and detectable quantities of DDT have been reported in some of the most remote parts of the ocean. Coastal and estuarine areas, however, are quite another story because they have been exploited for so many years and to such an extent that they are almost biologically dead, and man is entirely responsible. A quick glance at a world map shows that coastal areas generally are population centers, and consequently, these regions are heavily used for industrial development, shipping, fishing, and recreation. Competition for this limited resource is becoming ever keener. Since all parts of the ocean are interconnected, destruction of one area of the marine environment is not a limited event, and the problems resulting from such destruction are international in scope.
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Vernberg, W.B., Vernberg, F.J. (1972). Perspectives. In: Environmental Physiology of Marine Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65334-6_7
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