abstract：:Bioaugmentation, Biostimulation and Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of catabolic genes have been proven for their role in bioremediation of hydrocarbons. It also has been proved that selection of either biostimulation or bioremediation varies for every contaminated site. The reliability of HGT compared to biostimulatio...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Pasumarthi R,Mutnuri S

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into the methodological development of alternative systems of sustainability measures is recent. In understanding sustainable development in a multi-dimensional sense, one of the most significant advances was the construction of Synthetic Indexes, applicable to different spatial spheres or to organisations, b...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Laxe FG,Bermúdez FM,Palmero FM,Novo-Corti I

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Total mercury concentrations ([THg]), δ15N and δ13C values were determined in muscle of 693 Pacific halibut caught in International Pacific Halibut Commission setline surveys in Alaska (2002-2011). Project goals were to evaluate whether 1) δ15N and δ13C varied with region, age, sex and length of halibut, and 2) muscle...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Bentzen R,Castellini JM,Gerlach R,Dykstra C,O'Hara T

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at testing the applicability of modified Weber number scaling with Alaska North Slope (ANS) crude oil, and developing a Reynolds number scaling approach for oil droplet size prediction for high viscosity oils. Dispersant to oil ratio and empirical coefficients were also quantified. Finally, a two-...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Li P,Weng L,Niu H,Robinson B,King T,Conmy R,Lee K,Liu L

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the use of biochemical biomarkers and microbiological analysis to identify levels of oyster contamination at different ports in São Luís Island (Maranhão), Brazil. Oysters were analyzed for total coliforms, thermotolerant coliforms, Escherichia coli and Aeromonas spp. In addition, ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Ribeiro EB,Bastos LS,Galeno LS,Mendes RS,Garino F Jr,Carvalho-Neta RN,Costa FN

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Superhydrophobic metal wire mesh (SMWM) has frequently been applied for the selective and efficient separation of oil/water mixture due to its porous structure and special wettability. However, current methods for the modification of metal wire mesh to be superhydrophobic suffered from problems with respect to complex...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Song B

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The contents of Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Hg and As in the surface sediments of over 668 sites were monitored in a comprehensive program for assessing the degree of heavy-metal pollution and adverse biological effects of the offshore sediments in China. The contamination factor and geoaccumulation index indicated that As an...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Chen H,Wang J,Chen J,Lin H,Lin C

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several environmental laws include provisions on natural causes or force majeure, which except States from their commitments if it can be proven that the failure to meet the commitment is due to factors outside their control. The European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) has a pivotal role in managing ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Saul R,Barnes R,Elliott M

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioavailability and risk assessment of As were studied in sediments of the Yangtze River estuary (YRE). Results showed that residual fractions dominated the As partition (>85%), which attenuated overall bioavailability. After the residual fraction, As mainly partitioned into the Fe-Mn oxides fraction (3.16-4.22%)....

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wang H,Liu R,Wang Q,Xu F,Men C,Shen Z

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of 11 trace elements in three tissues of porbeagle shark Lamna nasus (n=33) were determined. The maximum observed concentrations of Cd and Pb in muscle were 0.04 and 0.01mgkg-1, respectively, and all muscle samples were below European seafood limits for these metals. Hg concentrations in either the red ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Nicolaus EEM,Bendall VA,Bolam TPC,Maes T,Ellis JR

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the results of an assessment of contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in two demersal species of commercial importance. The organisms considered were Mullus barbatus and Engraulis encrasicolus from three marine areas off the Italian coasts: North and South A...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Guerranti C,Grazioli E,Focardi S,Renzi M,Perra G

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil biodegradation at a simulated depth of 1500m was studied in a high-pressure apparatus at 5°C, using natural seawater with its indigenous microbes, and 3ppm of an oil with dispersant added at a dispersant:oil ratio of 1:15. Biodegradation of the detectable hydrocarbons was prompt and extensive (>70% in 35days), alt...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Prince RC,Nash GW,Hill SJ

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent additions to marine environmental legislation are usually designed to fill gaps in protection and management, build on existing practices or correct deficiencies in previous instruments. Article 13 of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires Member States to develop a Programme of Measur...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Boyes SJ,Elliott M,Murillas-Maza A,Papadopoulou N,Uyarra MC

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastics, foams and ropes collected from beaches in SW England have been analysed for As, Ba, Br, Cd, Cl, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn and Zn by field-portable-x-ray fluorescence spectrometry. High concentrations of Cl in foams that were not PVC-based were attributed to the presence of chlorinated flame retardants. ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Turner A

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical analysis of sediment cores collected up to 8km from the Macondo well in 2010/2011 demonstrates the extent of weathering of the Macondo oil deposited in deep-sea sediments following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. On average, dissolution and biodegradation of the oil on the seafloor increased with distance fro...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Stout SA,Payne JR

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic pollution is now ubiquitous in the world's oceans, and studies have shown macroplastic and microplastic pollution of beaches in several East Asian countries. However, to our knowledge, no study of microplastic pollution has been conducted in Taiwan yet. Therefore, we collected sand samples from four beaches al...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Kunz A,Walther BA,Löwemark L,Lee YC

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the occurrence and distribution of synthetic musks (SMs) and organic UV filters (UVFs) in sediment samples collected in 8 riverine runoffs from the Pearl River and Pearl River estuary (PRE). Here, 6 of the 8 target compounds were detected in all sediments with concentrations ranging from 0.35ngg(-1)...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Huang W,Xie Z,Yan W,Mi W,Xu W

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Floating litter in the estuarine system of Santos-São Vicente is common and is part of day-to-day activities of various users of the area. The objective of the present study was to carry out a quali-quantitative evaluation of the occurrence of floating litter, to infer their sources, and to identify environmental fact...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fernandino G,Elliff CI,Frutuoso GA,Silva EVNMD,Gama GS,Sousa JHO,Silva IR

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, significant adverse hydrocarbon influence on the Pribilof Island rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis ptilocnemis) is unlikely. Almost the entire population overwinters in Cook Inlet and breeds on four Bering Sea islands. Passive samplers deployed several times in a three year period and corresponding sedi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Nesvacil K,Carls M,Holland L,Wright S

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We utilize N and C species concentration data along with δ(15)N values of NO3(-) and δ(13)C values of dissolved inorganic C to evaluate the stoichiometry of biogeochemical reactions (mineralization, nitrification, anammox, and denitrification) occurring within a subsurface wastewater plume that originates as treated w...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fackrell JK,Glenn CR,Popp BN,Whittier RB,Dulai H

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of linear alpha olefin (LAO) nonaqueous drilling fluid on benthic macrofauna were assessed over a six year period at a southern Caspian Sea petroleum exploration site. A wide-ranging, pre-drilling survey identified a relatively diverse shelf-depth macrofauna numerically dominated by amphipods, cumaceans, a...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Tait RD,Maxon CL,Parr TD,Newton FC 3rd

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic low-frequency anthropogenic sound, such as shipping noise, may be negatively affecting marine life. The EU's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) includes a specific indicator focused on this noise. This indicator is the yearly average sound level in third-octave bands with centre frequencies at 63Hz and...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Garrett JK,Blondel P,Godley BJ,Pikesley SK,Witt MJ,Johanning L

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent at sea surveys of floating macro-debris in the southeast Atlantic Ocean found that debris increases in size with distance from shore, suggesting that many smaller items, which dominate litter close to urban source areas, sink before dispersing far into the ocean. We test whether this pattern is evident in beach...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fazey FMC,Ryan PG

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In oiled sandy beaches, unrecovered fuel can be buried up to several metres. This study proposes a theoretical approach to oil burial estimation along the intertidal area. First, our results revealed the existence of two main patterns in seasonal beach profile behaviour. Type A is characterized by intertidal slopes of...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Bernabeu AM,Fernández-Fernández S,Rey D

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to detect and monitor introduced marine species has increased with the increasing number of marine invasions. To complement standard detection and monitoring techniques, new approaches using environmental DNA (eDNA) have recently been developed. However, most of the eDNA work has focused on vertebrate species...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Forsström T,Vasemägi A

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This work developed a new method to determine concentration of Corexit EC9500A, and likely other oil dispersants, in seawater. Based on the principle that oil dispersants decrease surface tension, a linear correlation was established between the dispersant concentration and surface tension. Thus, the dispersant concen...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cai Z,Gong Y,Liu W,Fu J,O'Reilly SE,Hao X,Zhao D

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The lower mid-littoral and shallow subtidal communities were studied in the district of Vlora (Albania), three years after the establishment of a Marine Protected Area, with particular attention to the long-lived species. The bioconstructions built in the mid-littoral zone by the calcified rhodobiont Lithophyllum byss...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Blanfuné A,Boudouresque CF,Verlaque M,Beqiraj S,Kashta L,Nasto I,Ruci S,Thibaut T

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine debris is currently distributed worldwide, and the discard and contamination pose hazards to human and wildlife health. One of the gaps in debris science is tracking the source of debris to better evaluate and avoid the pathway of debris from the source to marine environment. For this, we evaluated three beache...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Andrades R,Martins AS,Fardim LM,Ferreira JS,Santos RG

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have examined the currents and hydrological characteristics of the water column off the mouth of the Gromolo Torrent (north-western Italy) in relation to the grain-size, mineralogical characteristics and metal distribution in the marine sediment sampled. Our purpose was to quantify and map the contami...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Capello M,Cutroneo L,Consani S,Dinelli E,Vagge G,Carbone C

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite widespread detection of microplastic pollution in marine environments, data describing microplastic abundance in urban estuaries and microplastic discharge via treated municipal wastewater are limited. This study presents information on abundance, distribution, and composition of microplastic at nine sites in ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Sutton R,Mason SA,Stanek SK,Willis-Norton E,Wren IF,Box C

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to investigate co-selection of antibiotic resistance in gram-negative epiphytic bacteria. Halimione portulacoides samples were collected from metal(loid)-contaminated and non-contaminated salt marshes. Bacterial isolates (n=137) affiliated with Vibrio, Pseudomonas, Shewanella, Comamonas, Aer...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Henriques I,Tacão M,Leite L,Fidalgo C,Araújo S,Oliveira C,Alves A

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The patented technology of a High Gradient Magnetic Separation (HGMS)-Ultraviolet (UV) composite process was used to treat ballast water. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) was selected as the reference bacteria. After treatment by the HGMS-UV process, the concentration of S. aureus on the log 10 scale was lower than 2...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Ren Z,Zhang L,Shi Y,Leng X,Shao J

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed sediment samples from 79 coastal New York and New Jersey, USA sites were analyzed for 75 compounds including wastewater associated contaminants, PAHs, and other organic compounds to assess the post-Hurricane Sandy distribution of organic contaminants among six regions. These results provide the first assessment of...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Phillips PJ,Gibson CA,Fisher SC,Fisher IJ,Reilly TJ,Smalling KL,Romanok KM,Foreman WT,ReVello RC,Focazio MJ,Jones DK

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Resident mussels are effective indicators of ecosystem health and have been utilized in national assessment and monitoring studies for over two decades. Mussels were chosen because contaminant concentrations in their tissues respond to changes in ambient environmental levels, accumulation occurs with little metabolic ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Smalling KL,Deshpande AD,Galbraith HS,Sharack BL,Timmons D,Baker RJ

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of heavy monsoon rains on the environmental levels of 13 veterinary pharmaceuticals was investigated. Kyungahn Stream has an annual average flow rate (AVF) of 4.2m(3)/s and receives runoffs from agricultural areas and livestock farms scattered in the upper stream area, and Han River has an AV...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Kim Y,Lee KB,Choi K

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The amounts and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) in the zooplankton community of Chabahar Bay were investigated. The highest amounts of total PAHs (tPAHs) in the water and zooplankton samples were 62.2ngL(-1) and 1478.6ngg(-1) dry weights, in near the Shahid B...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Ziyaadini M,Mehdinia A,Khaleghi L,Nassiri M

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sampling of the smoke plumes from the BP Deepwater Horizon surface oil burns led to the unintentional collection of soot particles on the sail of an instrument-bearing, tethered aerostat. This first-ever plume sampling from oil burned at an actual spill provided an opportunistic sample from which to characterize the p...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gullett BK,Hays MD,Tabor D,Wal RV

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We build on previous work to construct a comprehensive database of shoreline oiling exposure from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill by compiling field and remotely-sensed datasets to support oil exposure and injury quantification. We compiled a spatial database of shoreline segments with attributes summarizing habitat...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Nixon Z,Zengel S,Baker M,Steinhoff M,Fricano G,Rouhani S,Michel J

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the framework of monitoring of benthic harmful algal blooms (BHABs), the most commonly reported sampling strategy is based on the collection of macrophytes. However, this methodology has some inherent problems. A potential alternative method uses artificial substrates that collect resuspended benthic cells. The cur...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Jauzein C,Fricke A,Mangialajo L,Lemée R

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil slicks were detected using satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images in 2011. We investigated potential origins and regional and seasonal features of oil slick in the Bohai Sea. Distance between oil slicks and potential origins (ships, seaports, and oil exploitation platforms) and the angle at which oil slic...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Ding Y,Cao C,Huang J,Song Y,Liu G,Wu L,Wan Z

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00