Man's activities contribute substantially to the fluxes of certain elements in the marine environment. For substances such as carbon dioxide, cadmium, arsenic, lead and mercury, fluxes of anthropogenic material approach or exceed the natural fluxes. Increased concentrations of lead, some radionuclides and carbon dioxide can be detected in the open ocean.
- 1982 #15 (76p.)
- Author(s): GESAMP
- Publisher(s): UNESCO
- Journal Series Reports and Studies