Assessment of the macrobenthos in an Antarctic environment following recent pollution abatement
Quantative population data for shallow Antarctic soft-bottom communities in King Edward Cove, South Georgia indicate that although once grossly polluted by organic effluent and fuel oil from a whaling station, the fauna recovered within some eight years after contamination ceased. The results are di...
Published in: | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Elsevier
1978
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525420/ https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-326X(78)90396-X |
Summary: | Quantative population data for shallow Antarctic soft-bottom communities in King Edward Cove, South Georgia indicate that although once grossly polluted by organic effluent and fuel oil from a whaling station, the fauna recovered within some eight years after contamination ceased. The results are discussed in relation to comparable studies in other polar and temperate areas. |
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