Provides citations and abstracts to the research and policy literature on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. Major areas of coverage include aquatic pollution (methods and instruments; characteristics, behavior and fate; effects on organisms; prevention and control) and environmental quality (environmental changes, mechanical and natural; protective measures and control; conservation, wildlife management and recreation; public health, medicines and dangerous organisms).

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts er en bibliografi, der dækker fagområderne: marinbiologi, limnologi, fiskeri og akvakultur, herunder biologi, økologi og forurening m.m. Licenser dækker indeværende år plus et år bagud. ASFA består af: ASFA-1 Biological sciences and living resources ASFA-2 Ocean technology, policy and non-living resourcers ASFA-3 Aquatic pollution and environmental quality ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts ASFA Marine biotechnology abstracts Omfatter tidsskrifter, bøger, rapporter, kongresforedrag, oversættelser samt litteratur, der kun er distribueret i begrænset omfang.

Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that the environment becomes harmful or unfit for living things; especially applicable to the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances. In addition to the harm to living beings, both present or future and known or unknown, pollution cleanup and surveillance are enormous financial drains of the economies of the world. This book focuses on issues and developments critical for the field.

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.