abstract：:The Gulf and Red Sea possess diverse coastal and marine environments that support rapidly expanding mass tourism. Despite the associated environmental risks, there is no analysis of the tourism-related literature or recent analysis of impacts. Environmental issues reported in 101 publications (25 from the Gulf, 76 fro...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gladstone W,Curley B,Shokri MR

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the impact of mercury on the dynamics and bioaccumulation patterns of suprabenthic peracarida community along a mercury gradient. Suprabenthic peracarida was negatively affected in terms of biomass, diversity and productivity. Mysids including Mesopodopsis slabberi dominated the community, presen...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cardoso PG,D'Ambrosio M,Marques SC,Azeiteiro UM,Coelho JP,Pereira E

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For full understanding of the bacterial community in the intertidal zones of Bohai Bay, China, we used pyrosequencing-based approach to analyze the 16S rRNA gene of bacteria in the sediments from the two typically intertidal zones - Qikou (Qi) and Gaoshaling (Ga). Results showed that, at a 0.03 distance, the sequences...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wang L,Liu L,Zheng B,Zhu Y,Wang X

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breakwaters are widely used in coastal development. Breakwaters can alter habitats by undermining shallow coastal ecosystems, especially coral reefs. However, recent studies indicate that mature breakwaters can have well-developed corals and coral-associated fishes. Breakwaters with colonized corals may act as surroga...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wen CK,Chen KS,Hsieh HJ,Hsu CM,Chen CA

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Blooms of Alexandrium species, in particular the species Alexandrium catenella, accounted for more than 50% of algal related, shellfish aquaculture harvest zone closures in New South Wales (NSW) Australia since 2005. While there are indications that species of Alexandrium are more abundant than they were formerly, the...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Farrell H,Brett S,Ajani P,Murray S

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessments of sewage pollution routinely employ stable nitrogen isotope analysis (δ(15)N) in biota, but multiple taxa are rarely used. This single species focus leads to underreporting of whether derived spatial N patterns are consistent. Here we test the question of 'reproducibility', incorporating 'taxonomic replic...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Connolly RM,Gorman D,Hindell JS,Kildea TN,Schlacher TA

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent Deepwater Horizon disaster resulted in a dispersed oil plume at an approximate depth of 1000 m. Several methods were used to characterize this plume with respect to concentration and spatial extent including surface supported sampling and autonomous underwater vehicles with in situ instrument payloads. Addi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fuller CB,Bonner JS,Islam MS,Page C,Ojo T,Kirkey W

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Water concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were estimated from semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and from sediment pollutant concentrations. SPMDs were deployed in the Istanbul Strait and Marmara Sea and retrieved after 7 ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Karacık B,Okay OS,Henkelmann B,Pfister G,Schramm KW

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral, fish, plankton, and detritus samples were collected from coral reefs in Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS) and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (VICR) to assess existing contamination levels. Passive water sampling using polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS) and semi-permeable membrane...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Bargar TA,Garrison VH,Alvarez DA,Echols KR

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Storm-water drainage systems have potential to collect and focus nutrient enriched runoff into coastal systems. Storm-drain effluent could support macroalgal production and result in altered communities. To test this hypothesis, we assessed species composition and percent cover of native and non-native benthic macroal...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cox TE,Foster MS

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its EU-wide ban in 2004 the triazine herbicide atrazine (ATR) and its transformation products (TPs) are frequently detected in the aqueous environment. In this study, concentrations of ATR, two of its TPs, and terbuthylazine (TERB) are presented and discussed in coastal waters of the Northern Aegean Sea, the D...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Nödler K,Licha T,Voutsa D

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The concurrence of man-made pressures on cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea is potentially affecting population stability and marine biodiversity. This needs to be proven for the only pelagic marine protected area in the Mediterranean Sea: the Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals. Here we applied a multi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fossi MC,Panti C,Marsili L,Maltese S,Spinsanti G,Casini S,Caliani I,Gaspari S,Muñoz-Arnanz J,Jimenez B,Finoia MG

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight metals in sediment samples at 15 sites from the Shantou Bay were analyzed with BCR sequential extraction protocol to obtain the metal distribution patterns in the bay. The results showed that the heavy metal pollutions in upper bay were more severe than in middle and down reaches of the bay. Both total and non-r...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Qiao Y,Yang Y,Gu J,Zhao J

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the activity concentrations of (210)Po and (210)Pb were determined in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected from Didim and Izmir Bay (Turkish coast of Aegean Sea) during the period of April 2006-March 2007. The concentrations activity of (210)Po were determined spectroscopically through its 5.30...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Aközcan S,Uğur Görgün A

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of the water associated fraction (WAF) of Alaska North Slope Crude oil (ANSC), Corexit 9500A and the dispersant enhanced WAF (DEWAF) of ANSC:Corexit 9500A mixtures were examined on the model ammonia oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas europaea. Corexit 9500A was not toxic at environmentally relevant concent...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Radniecki TS,Schneider MC,Semprini L

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms have developed copper-resistance mechanisms in order to survive in contaminated environments. The abundance of the copper-resistance genes cusA and copA, encoding respectively for a Resistance Cell Nodulation protein and for a P-type ATP-ase pump, was assessed in copper and non-copper-impacted Chilean m...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Besaury L,Bodilis J,Delgas F,Andrade S,De la Iglesia R,Ouddane B,Quillet L

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tidal variation in tropical coastal water plays an important role on physicochemical characteristics and nutrients concentration. Baseline measurements were made for nutrients concentration and physicochemical properties of coastal water, Port Dickson, Malaysia. pH, temperature, oxidation reduction potential, salinity...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Praveena SM,Aris AZ

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-nine samples of surface sediments (0-5 cm) recovered from the eastern Beibu Bay were analyzed for TOC and heavy metals to examine the element distribution pattern and potential pollutant sources. The sediments in the study area are characterized by variable heavy metal concentrations that are comparable with tho...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Dou Y,Li J,Zhao J,Hu B,Yang S

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine macrofaunal and physico-chemical responses to organic enrichment beneath salmon farms in contrasting flow environments, and reveal pronounced flow-related differences in the magnitude and spatial extent of effects. Total macrofaunal abundances at high flow sites were nearly an order of magnitude greater tha...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Keeley NB,Forrest BM,Macleod CK

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerging development of offshore wind energy has raised public concern over its impact on seabird communities. There is a need for an adequate methodology to determine its potential impacts on seabirds. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are mostly relying on a succession of plain density maps without integra...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Christel I,Certain G,Cama A,Vieites DR,Ferrer X

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A suite of physical-biological models was used to explore the importance of mortality and fluid dynamics in controlling concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) at Huntington Beach, CA. An advection-diffusion (AD) model provided a baseline to assess improvements in model skill with the inclusion of mortality. ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Rippy MA,Franks PJ,Feddersen F,Guza RT,Moore DF

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing environmental condition is essential for the management of coasts and their resources, but better management decisions occur when large databases are simplified into more manageable units of information. Here we present the habitat structure index (HSI), which enables rapid assessment and direct comparison o...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Irving AD,Tanner JE,Gaylard SG

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcosms experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of bioemulsificant exopolysaccharide (EPS₂₀₀₃) on microbial community dynamics. An experimental seawater microcosm, supplemented with crude oil and EPS₂₀₀₃ (SW+OIL+EPS₂₀₀₃), was monitored for 15 days and compared to control microcosm (only oil-polluted sea...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cappello S,Genovese M,Della Torre C,Crisari A,Hassanshahian M,Santisi S,Calogero R,Yakimov MM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) and a Bayesian statistical model to carry out a primary risk assessment for pyridine triphenylborane (PTPB) in Hiroshima Bay, Japan. We used SSDs derived from toxicity values, such as EC₅₀ and LC₅₀, obtained from this study and previous work to calculate hazardous conce...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Mochida K,Onduka T,Amano H,Ito M,Ito K,Tanaka H,Fujii K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coralligenous habitat is one of the most important coastal systems of the Mediterranean Sea. This paper evaluates the main threats to macroalgal coralligenous habitats through a review of the relevant literature. Sedimentation, nutrient enrichment and biological invasions can cause severe alterations in the structure ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Piazzi L,Gennaro P,Balata D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for scientific advice to manage the aquatic environment in an ecosystem context has never been greater. Many assessments of ecosystem state and change use inadequate data on non-conspicuous, non-target organisms. These include meiofauna, a diverse group of small-sized organisms (<1 mm) that live in a range of...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Schratzberger M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were determined in 25 livers from Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus, found on the state of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The following concentrations of POPs (wet weight) were found: ∑ PCBs: 18.9-775.8 ng g(-1); ∑ DDTs: 2.3-275 ng g(-1); an...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Baldassin P,Taniguchi S,Gallo H,Silva RJ,Montone RC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes design and application of feed-forward, fully-connected, three-layer perceptron neural network model for computing the water quality index (WQI)(1) for Kinta River (Malaysia). The modeling efforts showed that the optimal network architecture was 23-34-1 and that the best WQI predictions were ass...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gazzaz NM,Yusoff MK,Aris AZ,Juahir H,Ramli MF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver butyltin concentrations (monobutyl, dibutyl and tributyltin (TBT)) in harbour porpoises (n=410) have been determined during 1992-2005, and again in 2009 following a ban on the use of tributyltin-based antifouling paints on ships. The aim was to assess the effectiveness of the regulation, which was implemented du...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Law RJ,Bolam T,James D,Barry J,Deaville R,Reid RJ,Penrose R,Jepson PD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls were determined in sediment with three replicates collected from the Eastern Aegean coast in 2008. Total concentrations of OCPs and PCBs in sediments ranged from bdl to 17.8, bdl to 26.1 ng g(-1) dwt, respectively. The results indicated that DDTs were the predomi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Kucuksezgin F,Tolga Gonul L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels were measured in sediments, bivalves and semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs) in the relatively pristine marine environment of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. Most PAH levels in Nelson Lagoon were low, and similar to global background concentrations. Sampling media type can signi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Lance EW,Matz AC,Reeves MK,Verbrugge LA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide more information on the origin of the Ulva prolifera bloom in Qingdao sea area in China from 2007 to 2011, the diversity of green algae growing on the rafts of Porphyra yezoensis on the coast in Jiangsu Province was investigated based on ITS, rbcL and 5S sequences. Eighty-four of green algal samples from va...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Shen Q,Li H,Li Y,Wang Z,Liu J,Yang W

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of 'booster biocides' Diuron, Tolylfluanid and Copper thiocyanate inbantifouling paints, used to prevent development of biofouling, needs to be monitored before assessing their impacts on the environment. An alternative approach aims to propose eco-friendly and effective antifoulants isolated from mari...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Silkina A,Bazes A,Mouget JL,Bourgougnon N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sediment samples from the marine systems along the coast of China, covering Yellow Sea, inner shelf of the East China Sea (ECS) and the South China Sea (SCS), were analyzed for n-alkanes and organic carbon. The concentrations of Σn-C(15-35) were 120-1680 ng g(-1) dry weight with an average of 560 ng g(-1). Short-chain...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Liu LY,Wang JZ,Guan YF,Zeng EY

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, two field campaigns were performed in July 2008 (wet season) and March 2009 (dry season) to produce original data on the concentration, partition and distribution of mercury and butyltin compounds along the tropical Bach Dang Estuary located in North Vietnam (Haiphong, Red River Delta). The results demon...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Navarro P,Amouroux D,Thanh ND,Rochelle-Newall E,Ouillon S,Arfi R,Van TC,Mari X,Torréton JP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a technique for detecting the pixels of colored macro plastic debris (plastic pixels) using photographs taken by a webcam installed on Sodenohama beach, Tobishima Island, Japan. The technique involves generating color references using a uniform color space (CIELUV) to detect plastic pixels and removi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Kataoka T,Hinata H,Kako S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveys of stranded marine debris around Motupore Island, a small island in Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea, revealed exceptionally high loads (up to 78.3 items m(-2)), with major concentrations in mangrove-dominated, depositional areas. The worst affected, 50-m stretch of shore was estimated to contain >37.000 items w...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Smith SD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benthic foraminiferal assemblages were investigated from two sites along the axis of the Cassidaigne Canyon (NW Mediterranean Sea). Both areas are contaminated by bauxite red mud enriched in iron, titanium, vanadium and chromium. These elemental enrichments are related to bauxite-derived minerals and various amorphous...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fontanier C,Fabri MC,Buscail R,Biscara L,Koho K,Reichart GJ,Cossa D,Galaup S,Chabaud G,Pigot L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sediment and sea surface microlayer samples near an open-net salmon farm in Nova Scotia, were analysed for copper. Copper is a constituent of the feed and is an active ingredient of anti-foulants. The salmon farm was placed in fallow after 15 years of production. Sampling was pursued over 27 months. Elevated copper co...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Loucks RH,Smith RE,Fisher CV,Fisher EB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants and trace elements in seabirds breeding in the vast Canadian Arctic have been monitored since 1975. Data from this monitoring have indicated both spatial and temporal variation across the region, attributable in part to differences in species' diets, differences in re...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Mallory ML,Braune BM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00