Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Front Cover; Waste Disposal in the Marine Environment; Copyright Page; PREFACE; SPONS ORINGORGANIZATIONS; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. WELCOMINGADDRESS; CHAPTER 3. FIXED AND CHANGING VALVES INOCEAN DISPOSAL OFSEWAGE AND WASTES; CHAPTER 4. CHARACTERISTICS AND EXPEDITIOUS DETECTIONOF BACTERIAL INDICES OF POLLUTIONOF MARINE BATHING BEACHES; THE COLIFORM INDEX AND ILLNESS AMONG BATHERS; THE ENTEROCOCCUS GROUP AS AN INDEX OF POLLUTIONOF SALINE BATHING BEACHES; THE COLIFORM GROUP AND E. COLI AS INDICES OF POLLUTIONOF SALINE BATHING BEACHES.

Characteristics of the coliform group of bacteriaobservations on presumptive test media for e.coli; procedures for expeditious determination of e.coliand coliform indices in water; summary and conclusions; references; chapter 5. the risk of infection through bathingin sewage -- polluted water; introduction; outbreaks wrongly ascribed to bathing; some recent investigations; conclusions; references; chapter 6. water pollution in marseilles andits relation with flora and fauna; former studies; physical and chemical factors affecting the port waters; marine flora and fauna of the ports.

Method of studydistribution of foraminifera; summary; list of figures; chapter 11. discharge of wastes into the seain european coastal areas; part i: general considerationson the discharge of wastes into the sea; part il results of the investigation concerningdischarge into the sea; 1. results of the investigation concerning discharge ofsewage into the sea in various european countries; 2. discharge into the sea from the coast of continentalfrance; 3. conclusions; chapter 12. effect of the rhine on netherlands beaches; chapter 13. ocean currents, measurement of currentsand analysis of data.

Introductiongeneral character of ocean currents; determination of coastal and estuarine currents; rotating element current meters; drift type current measuring systems; miscellaneous types of current meters; data recording and analysis; conclusions and recommendations; bibliography; chapter 14. diffusion of sewage effluentin an ocean -- current; introduction; diffusion analysis; application of results; typical procedure for planning an ocean outfall; summary; references; chapter 15. the empirical approach for determiningthe required length of an ocean outfall; summary; acknowledgments.

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Waste Disposal in the Marine Environment.