The ecology of the deep ocean and its relevance to global waste management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 915-926

  Angel, Martin V ^a   Rice, Tony L ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

criteria; deep sea; human population growth; long term problems; waste management

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL-SCALE; MARINE ECOLOGY; POLLUTION POLICY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030302530     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404673     Document Type: Review

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