Marine Pollution Laboratory

Valkirs, A.O., Seligman, P.F., Haslbeck, E., Caso, J.S. Measurement of copper release rates from antifouling paint under laboratory and in situ conditions implications for loading estimation to marine water bodies. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46 (6) (2003) 763-779. 

Fritt-Rasmussen, J., Brandvik, P. J. (2011). Measuring Ignitability for in Situ Burning of Oil Spills Weathered under Arctic Conditions From Laboratory Studies to Large-Scale Field Experiments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, (521780-1785. 

Varanasi, U., Stein, J.E., and Reichert, W.L. et al. (1992). Chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons in bottom sediments, fish and marine mammals in US coastal waters laboratory and field studies of metabolism and accumulation. In C.H. Walker and D.R. Livingstone (Eds.) Persistent Pollutants in Marine Ecosystems, Oxford, U.K. Pergamon Press, 83-118. 

The Marine Biotechnology Institute (MBI) was founded in 1987 for the study and applications of biodiversity in marine environments. Currently, and within the scope of the present book, the research area of relevance is industrial applications of microbiology . The institute also performs research in C02 fixation. The Applied Microbiology Laboratory is searching cost-effective utilization of microbes for environmental conservation and restoration. In particular, the decontamination of areas polluted with petroleum-related compounds has been addressed. Attention has been paid to removal of polycyclic hydrocarbons. They are also developing processing methods for the conversion of biomass and organic wastes by methane fermentation. 

The vulnerability of marine mammals to environmental pollution provides an ecologically-relevant context for marine mammal immunotoxicology. Often situated at the top of aquatic food chains, marine mammals are exposed to high concentrations of a complex mixture of persistent contaminants, many of which are known to be immu-notoxic in laboratory animals. Marine mammal immunotoxicology came into its own in... 

Whittle [29] has described a thin-layer chromatographic method for the identification of hydrocarbon marker dyes in oil polluted waters. McLeod et al. [25] conducted interlaboratory comparisons of methods for determining traces of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in marine sediments. Agreement within a factor of 2 to 3 was obtained between the 12 participating laboratories. 

NOAA. 1980. Quantitation of pollutants in suspended matter and water from pungent sound. Report to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Marine Ecosystem Analysis (MESA) Budget Sound Project, Seattle, WA, by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA. NOAA-80061003 ... 

The most obvious impact of sediment-associated pollutants on aquatic biota is direct acute toxicity and there is considerable literature on both laboratory and field effects of toxic substances on marine and freshwater invertebrates (Baker, 1980 Reynoldson, 1987). For example, Warwick (1980) and Wiederholm (1984) observed deformities in chironomid larvae mouthparts at polluted sites of lakes in Canada and Sweden Milbrink (1983) has shown setal deformities in oligochaetes exposed to high sediment mercury levels. Indirect effects resulting from sediment contamination oftenly include changes in benthic invertebrate community structure. For example, Lock et al. (1981) evidenced increased growth of bacterial flora and algal cells on oiled substrates and a consequent stimulation of macroinvertebrates. Chapman et al. (1982) have shown effects of life history alterations (e.g., impairment of reproduction and age selective toxicity) which have been linked to sediment contaminants. ... 

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