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MARINE POLLUTION: THE IMPACT OF WASTE DUMPING IN COASTAL WATERS ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BOTTOM FISH AND BENTHIC FAUNA IN THE SOURTHERN NORTH SEA

Objective

DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE MODEL TO ASSESS THE IMPACTE OF WASTE DUMPING ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.

RESEARCH IN WATERS OF THE THAMES ESTUARY:

- IDENTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION OF DAMAGE IN FAUNA AND FLORA;

- ANALYSIS OF TRACER SUBSTANCES;

- CORRELATION OF DATA SO OBTAINED WITH OTHER CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL VARIABLES IN THE ECOSYSTEM;

- ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS SO OBSERVED IN RELATION TO DUMPING OF WASTES;

- DEVISING APPROPRIATE ECOLOGICAL MODELS;

- DEVISING FURTHER MONITORING PROCEDURES.

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Birkbeck College, University of London
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Malet Street, Bloomsbury
WC1E 7HX London
United Kingdom

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