898 F. General OLR (t981) 28( 12

and limitations a r e discussed. ~ a a ~gineering Dept,, WHOI, Woods Hole, Mass. 02543, USA.

81:6785 Stewart, lan, 1981, ~ t l o u s of ¢ a t a s ~ theory

to the physical ~ . Physica, ~ e Hague, 2D(2):245-3051

'The controversy [over the application of catastrophe theory in the social and biological sciences] has tended to obscure the contributions [of the theory] to the physical sciences, even though these have consistently formed the majority of the literature.' Appfieations in physics, chemistry, en~eerimg and fluid mechanics are surveyed. Includes 299 refer- ences. Math. Inst,, Univ. of W ~ c k ; Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. (fcs)

81.-6786 Wasmund, N., 1980. A simple ~ f o ¢ ~

~.mary ~ a sm~ ~ ~ . wiss. Z. Univ. Rostock, math. naturw. Reihe, 29(4/5): 139-140. (In German, English abstract.) Wil- helm-Pieck-Univ. Rostock, 2500 Rostock, DRG.

F40. Area studies, surveys (multidisci- plinary)

81:6787 Abe, Tsuneyuki et al., 1980. Marine envh'oameat of

the Seto ~ Sea, Japan. Symposium 13 March 1980. Special issue. Umi to Sofa, 56(2/3): 106pp; 10 papers. (In Japanese, English abstracts.)

Aspects of the Seto inland Sea's chemistry (salinity, secular changes in elements, pollution, organic matter), physics, geology (muds, sediments, Holo- cene transgressions), and biology (fisheries, plank- ton, red tides) are considered with emphasis on Osaka Bay. A paper on the spectrophotometric determination of Li and Rb in seawater is included. (izs)

81:6788 Bryant, M., 1981. The Pceaian Gulf: ~ and

d o v e . Environ. Conserv., 8(1):p.44.

A meeting of representatives from 8 countries surrounding the gulf, scheduled for October 1980 (postponed because of the Iraq-lran war), is ex- pected to address (in the context of UNEP's Kuwait Action Plan) marine pollution problems resulting from industrial waste disposal, the l~-s~ge of ~ 100 oil tankers per day through the Straits of Hormuz.

and the lack of emission controls. Earthscan, 10 Percy St., London WIP 0DR, England. (fss)

81:6789 Carey, S.W, et al., 1979/81. [Victoria, Australia:

coasts, shelf, sea level o s c i l l a t i ~ geomor. phoiogy, fisheries, biology, and e v o l ~ . ! Sym- posium 11 October 1979. Proc. R. Soc. Vict., 92(1/2):1-147; t2 papers~

81:6790 Jost, G. et al., 1980, [Southern B ~ coastal waters:

synoptic study.] Wiss. Z. Univ. Rostock, math. naturw. Reihe, 29(4/51:1-137; 32 papers; (In German, English abstracts.)

Investigations encompassed weather, irradiation, O~ and water balances, salinity, nutrients, chlorophyll a~ light scattering, suspensates, sedimentatiQn, geo- chemistry, dissolved inorganic C, sediment-water interface fluxes, chlorinated hydrocarbons in the food web, primary production, saprobiology, bac- teria, meiofauna, phyto- and zooplankton, diatoms, macro- and microphytobenthos and fish. A method for obtaining undisturbed sediment cores is de- scribed. (izs)

81:6791 Kullenberg, G. (ed.), 1981. The state of the Baltic.

Mar. Pollut. Bull., 12(6):179-224:9 papers.

The Baltic, the world's largest brackish water body and one of the most polluted, has been the object of marine studies dating back to 1875; pollution- oriented research began in the 1960's. Joint surveys on sewage and industrial wastes input and baseline studies on the impact of Hg, Cd and Pb on certain species of fish and invertebrates, together with data on salinity, water exchange, O: content, H:S, phosphates, nitrogen, etc. make it possible to assess the present status of the marine environment, to wit. the Baltic Sea is not dying. (hbf)

81:6792 Mittelstaedt, E., G. Weichart, H. Meier-Fritsch, H.

Ltlthje and I. Hamann, 1980. I U p w ~ '77: hyds'oMraphy, physics a J c ~ t r y of Mam'i- taaia's coastal water] Meteor Cruise 4 4 : 4 January-lO March 1977. Meeresk. Beob. Ergebn, Dt. Hydrogr. Inst., 51(Nr. 2149/231: 276pp. (English and Gerrnan.I

This research effort concentrated on the Northwest African Upwelling's (17°-21°N) ecosystem and formed part of CINECA (Cooperative Investigation of the Northern Part of the Eastern Central Atlan- tic). Accompanying the text are 240 pages of graphs,