Marine monitoring

Contamination of local marine sediment by toxic chemical pollutants has been relatively well documented. The marine sediment POPs inventory was compiled based primarily on data generated from a major consultancy study on local toxic substances pollution (EPD, 2003a), EPD routine and ad hoc marine monitoring programmes of 2003/2004 and study reports published by local academia (Zheng et al., 2000 Muller et al., 2002 Tam and Yao, 2002 Wong et al., 2001, 2005). With the exception of mirex and toxaphene, all other POPs pesticides were detected in the... 

Goldberg, E.D., 1975. The mussel watch - A first step in global marine monitoring. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 6, 111. 

X HE LEVELS OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL WASTES BEING DUMPED into our nation s coastal waters are constantly being monitored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NO A A). To carry out the frequent marine monitoring programs necessary to stay abreast of this problem, it was determined in 1977 that more expedient shipboard sampling and analyses systems would have to be developed. One area of prime interest for sampling and scrutiny was the surficial seafloor sediments. To enhance rapid data collection, the ability to analytically measure samples while at sea was essential. This capability would allow areas of interest to be delineated and studied in detail before the survey vessel returned to port. 

Abstract The clarification of hydrocarbon input into the Baltic sea via rivers is one of the priority issues of the 4th Pollution Load Compilation (PLC-4) within the framework of international Baltic Sea marine monitoring. An interlaboratory comparison was conducted to check the applicability of a new method for the determination of hydrocarbons by solvent extraction and gas chromatography. Surrogate oil solutions with known hydrocarbon content were distributed among the participants for preparation of water samples of different hydrocarbon con-... 

Chemical Marine Monitoring Policy Framework and Analytical Trends... 

The UK National Marine Monitoring Programme (NMMP), in which samples of seawater, sediment and biota are collected for chemical analysis and application of a number of biological effects techniques, including water column and sediment bioassays and the measurement of biomarkers in fish. 

Kirby, M.F., Lyons, B.P., Waldock, M.J., Woodhead, R.J., Goodsir, F., Law, R.J., Neall, P., Stewart, C., Thain, J.T., Tylor, T. and Feist S.W. (2000) Biomarkers of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Exposure in Fish and their Application in Marine Monitoring Science Series Technical Report No. 110. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft. 

To respond to the ever increasing problems of the Baltic and governmental and scientists demand/need for more data, SEPA, SMHI, and the Marine Research Centers launched, in 1993, a greatly expanded marine monitoring programme with monthly cruises in the seas surrounding Sweden. 

HELCOM, 2006. Manual for Marine Monitoring in the COMBINE Programme of HELCOM, Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission), http //sea.helcom.fi/Monas/ CombineManual2/CombineHome.htm... 

In its Manual for Marine Monitoring in the COMBINE Programme, HELCOM has... 

Example of Laboratory Performance Study Proficiency testing scheme for marine monitoring... 

G. Topping, D.E Wells and B. Griepink, Guidelines on Quality A.ssurance for Marine Monitoring, DG XII Measurement and Testing Programme, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049, Brussels (1992). 

It is by no means the objective of this chapter to give an extensive overview of all relevant aspects of the marine monitoring programmes for European waters, but rather, by taking the OSPAR Joint Monitoring and Assessment Programme (JAMP) as an... 

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