Environmental chemistry: the earth-air-water factory

Environmental chemistry: the earth-air-water factory

OLR(1982)29(12) F. General 82:6368 Edmond, J.M., 1982. Ocean hot springs: a status report. Oceanus, 25(2):22-27. In less than five years the science...

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OLR(1982)29(12)

F. General

82:6368 Edmond, J.M., 1982. Ocean hot springs: a status report. Oceanus, 25(2):22-27. In less than five years the science of oceanography has been transformed, research having established ridge-crest hydrothermal activity as an integral part of the seafloor spreading process. Dept. of Earth and Plan. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, Mass., USA. 82:6369 Galloway, T.D. and Dennis Nixon, 1982. The newest federalism and coastal areas. Oceanus, 25(2):2-11. If fully implemented, the 'new federalism' of the Reagan Administration portends dramatic changes in coastal resource management. Grad. Prog. in Community Planning and Area Develop., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.

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82:6373 Simon, Cheryl, 1982. Deep-sea oasis. Intricate communities at seafloor vents yield clues to survival in their sulfide-rich world. Sci. News, Washington, D.C., 121(25):410-413. A recent expedition to the East Pacific Rise, 21°N, included experiments requiring live animals. A protein in blood that binds sulfide (thereby~ preventing the toxic inhibition of cytochrome oxidase) and then releases it when necessary was found in vent clams and vestimentiferan worms. Some results from previous cruises are also reported. (mwf) 82:6374 Smith, L.J. and Susan Peterson, 1982. Pitfalls in Third World aquaculture development. Oceanus, 25(2):30-39.

82:6370 Liss, P.S. and R.W. Raiswell, 1982. Environmental chemistry: the earth-air-water factory. Endeavour, (N.S.)6(2):66-71.

Careful consideration of technological, scientific, economic, and cultural factors should enable those planning aquaculture projects to avoid failures of the past. Dept. of Econ., Haverford Coll, Haverford, Penn., USA.

The Earth--its atmosphere, hydrosphere, vegetation and animal population--forms an immensely complicated dynamic system that defies detailed analysis; nevertheless, models based on broad generalizations can be very informative. This article reviews lessons to be learned by regarding the whole earth-air-water system as a gigantic chemical factory. Sch. of Environ. Sci., Univ. of East Anglia, UK.

82:6375 Spindel, R.C., 1982. Ocean acoustic tomography: a new measuring tool [utilizes underwater sound waves to produce a 'picture' of the interior processes of the ocean]. Oceanus, 25(2):12-21. Ocean Engng. Dept., WHOI, Woods Hole, Mass. 02543, USA.

82:6371 Moore, R.E., Philip Helfrich and G.M.L. Patterson, 1982. The deadly seaweed of Hana. (Palythoa toxica). Oceanus, 25(2):54-63. Analysis of a rare, toxic marine organism long shrouded in myth and mystery has led scientists to a discovery that could prove useful in cancer and heart research. Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 82:6372 Rosen, B.R., 1982. Darwin, coral reefs, and global geology. Bioscience, 32(6):519-525. Darwin's coral reef subsidence theory was derived from his broader interests in vulcanicity and global geology. His reef observations were implicitly intended to demonstrate ocean floor subsidence. Although in retrospect his evidence for subsidence of atolls, barrier reefs and ocean floors was insufficient, his ideas have survived the modern tests of boreholes and seafloor spreading. British Mus. Nat. Hist., London, SW7 5BD, UK.

82:6376 Valentine, J.W., 1982. Darwin's impact on paleontology. Bioscience, 32(6):513-518. Darwin converted most paleontologists to evolution but not to natural selection; several mostly vitalistic explanations were proffered or embraced and belatedly discarded as the evolutionary synthesis developed. Today, fossil patterns again inspire controversial non-Darwinian scenarios, the fate of which remains unsettled. Dept. of Geol. Sci., Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara, Calif. 93106, USA. 82:6377 Wells, N.C., 1982. Ocean-atmosphere interaction: a current perspective. Overview. Weather, 37(6): 162-164. Dept. of Oceanogr., Southampton Univ., UK.

F420. Miscellaneous 82:6378 Fleming, D.K., 1982. Seascapes [of art and literature]. Marit. Policy Mgmt, 9(1):29-34.