NUC Symposium on Environmental Preservation, 20-21 May 1970.

• Other Authors: NAVAL UNDERSEA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SAN DIEGO CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Water Pollution and Control; (*SYMPOSIA; *WATER POLLUTION); (*ECOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION); (*MARINE BIOLOGY; (*SEALS(MAMMALS); (*POLYMERS; *TOXICITY); MONITORS; OCEANS; CALIFORNIA; HAWAII; OCEAN CURRENTS; FISHES; HAZARDS; MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION EFFECTS; *WATER POLLUTION DETECTION; *NOISE POLLUTION; *OILS; *POLLUTION; *POPULATION GROWTH; *SAN DIEGO(CALIFORNIA); SEA LIONS; *SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL; *DRAG REDUCING POLYMERS; San Miguel; Elephant Seal
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0724709; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0724709

Contents: Principles of evolution and the ecological crisis; Alternatives to overpopulation; Examples of San Diego noise climate; NUC's efforts toward an acceptable noise environment; Low-pollution automobile engine; Sea-surface slicks; Elephant seal and sea lion mortality on San Miguel Island; San Clemente Island as a site for pollution research; Ocean pollution by sunken ships; Potential hazards of non-degradable materials as an environmental pollutant; Pollution potential of drag-reducing polymers; Environmental surveillance, an essential safeguard against pollution; Environmental management - what can Navy science contribute.