abstract：:Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN) and their δ(13)C and δ(15)N values were determined for 42 surface sediments from coastal Bohai Bay in order to determine the concentration and identify the source of organic matter. The sampling sites covered both the marine region of coastal Bohai Bay and the major rive...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gao X,Yang Y,Wang C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No baseline existed for the radionuclides in Kuwait territorial water. With changing trend in the region to embrace nuclear energy, the baseline study is imperative to create a reference and to record the influence-functioning of upcoming power plants. The first one in Bushehr, Iran is ready to start and several more ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Uddin S,Al Ghadban AN,Aba A,Behbehani M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) were measured in surface sediments in the Pearl River Delta, southern China. The concentrations ranged from 0.06 to 304 ng/g dry weight for TBBPA and from 0.03 to 31.6 ng/g for total HBCD. The correlations between the TBBPA and HBCD concentrations were si...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Feng AH,Chen SJ,Chen MY,He MJ,Luo XJ,Mai BX

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the potential for leaching of coal trace elements to seawater from a grounded bulk carrier. The coal type and ecological scenario was based on the grounding of the "Shen Neng" (April 2010) at Douglas Shoal located within the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). The area is of high ecolog...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Lucas SA,Planner J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of marine organisms represents one of the main exposure sources of contaminants for human populations. To obtain a global view of the contamination in commercial fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea, we analysed four types of priority contaminants (PCBs, PBDEs, Hg and (137)Cs) in the European hake, Merluccius ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Harmelin-Vivien M,Bodiguel X,Charmasson S,Loizeau V,Mellon-Duval C,Tronczyński J,Cossa D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the tolerance and accumulation potential in the salt-marsh shrub Halimione portulacoides under moderate and high external Cu levels. A greenhouse experiment was conducted in order to investigate the effects of a range of external Cu concentrations (0 to 60 mmol l(-1)) on growth and photosyn...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cambrollé J,Mancilla-Leytón JM,Muñoz-Vallés S,Luque T,Figueroa ME

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heavy metal inventory and the ecological risk of the estuarine sediments in Hailing Bay, an important maricultural zone along the southern coast of China, were investigated. Results show that the surface sediments were mainly polluted by As (2.17-20.34 mg/kg), Ni (1.37-42.50mg/kg), Cu (1.21-58.84 mg/kg) and Zn (11...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Zhang W,Liu X,Cheng H,Zeng EY,Hu Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interannual variability (2003-2008) of meiofaunal assemblages were analyzed in sediments beneath fish cages (Impact group) and in areas not affected by aquaculture activities (Control group). Organisms responded with spatial and seasonal variation in meiofauna assemblages, with an abrupt increase of abundances in loca...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Riera R,Sanchez-Jerez P,Rodríguez M,Monterroso O,Ramos E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aliağa Bay is one of the most important maritime zones of Turkey where shipping activity, shipbreaking industry, steel works and petrochemical complexes exist together. Concentrations of heavy metals and organic carbon in sediment of the Aliağa Bay were investigated to evaluate an environmental risk assessment from me...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Neşer G,Kontas A,Unsalan D,Uluturhan E,Altay O,Darılmaz E,Küçüksezgin F,Tekoğul N,Yercan F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diatom indices are used to evaluate the ecological status of rivers but they have been rarely applied in estuaries. This study aimed to identify the diatom species indicating the main environmental gradients and pressures in a highly stratified estuary; and to evaluate the applicability of existing freshwater diatom i...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Rovira L,Trobajo R,Ibáñez C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A global ocean circulation model is coupled to a Lagrangian particle tracking model to simulate 30 years of input, transport and accumulation of floating debris in the world ocean. Using both terrestrial and maritime inputs, the modelling results clearly show the formation of five accumulation zones in the subtropical...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Lebreton LC,Greer SD,Borrero JC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total pollution load management system (TPLMS) was first applied in 2007 to the highly developed Masan Bay watershed, Korea. To evaluate the effect of TPLMS on water quality improvement, we analyzed the water qualities in rivers and bay during 2005-2010, targeting chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended sediment (...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Chang WK,Ryu J,Yi Y,Lee WC,Lee CW,Kang D,Lee CH,Hong S,Nam J,Khim JS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of ballast water is one major factor in the transmission of aquatic organisms, including pathogenic bacteria. The IMO-guidelines of the Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, states that ships are to discharge <1 CFU per 100 ml ballast water of toxigenic Vibrio chole...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fykse EM,Nilsen T,Nielsen AD,Tryland I,Delacroix S,Blatny JM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research to assess impacts from aggregate dredging has focussed on infaunal species with few studies made of fish entrainment. Entrainment evidence from hydraulic dredging studies is reviewed to develop a sensitivity index for benthic fish. Environmental monitoring attendant with the granting of new licences ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Drabble R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments in the last 150 years has increased the loads of suspended sediment, nutrients and pesticides ('pollutants') delivered to the GBR. The scale and type of development, the pollutants generated and the ecosystems offshore vary regionally. We analysed the relative ris...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Waterhouse J,Brodie J,Lewis S,Mitchell A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Land use (and land management) change is seen as the primary factor responsible for changes in sediment and nutrient delivery to water bodies. Understanding how sediment and nutrient (or constituent) concentrations vary with land use is critical to understanding the current and future impact of land use change on aqua...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Bartley R,Speirs WJ,Ellis TW,Waters DK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial variations of the picoplankton (photoautotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms) in the Ahe atoll lagoon were studied in May and October 2008 to assess whether they were affected by human activities along the atoll. Spatial patterns were studied using 10 sampling stations chosen according to the location...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Bouvy M,Dupuy C,Pagano M,Barani A,Charpy L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human eye is an excellent, general-purpose airborne sensor for detecting marine debris larger than 10 cm on or near the surface of the water. Coupled with the human brain, it can adjust for light conditions and sea-surface roughness, track persistence, differentiate color and texture, detect change in movement, an...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Veenstra TS,Churnside JH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this contribution, the potential use of diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGTs) for the chemical evaluation of transitional water bodies within the Water Framework Directive (WFD) has been studied. The water metal concentration has been evaluated in 13 estuaries in the southeastern Bay of Biscay. The DGTs were dep...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Montero N,Belzunce-Segarra MJ,Gonzalez JL,Larreta J,Franco J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain insight into the natural and/or human-induced changes in the trophic state of the distal portion of the Po River discharge plume over the last two centuries, high temporal resolution dinoflagellate cyst records were established at three sites. Cyst production rates appear to reflect the natural variability i...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Zonneveld KAF,Chen L,Elshanawany R,Fischer HW,Hoins M,Ibrahim MI,Pittauerova D,Versteegh GJM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical coastal ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) of Australia are increasingly threatened by pollution; yet few studies have investigated the sensitivity of GBR species to these pollutants. Here we exposed juveniles of the tropical reef fish Acanthochromis polyacanthus (spiny damselfish) to three co...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Botté ES,Jerry DR,Codi King S,Smith-Keune C,Negri AP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targets for improvements in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been set through the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan). To measure and report on progress towards the targets set a program has been established that combines monitoring and modelling at paddock through to catchment and r...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Carroll C,Waters D,Vardy S,Silburn DM,Attard S,Thorburn PJ,Davis AM,Halpin N,Schmidt M,Wilson B,Clark A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The export of pollutant loads from coastal catchments is of primary interest to natural resource management. For example, Reef Plan, a joint initiative by the Australian Government and the Queensland Government, has indicated that a 20% reduction in sediment is required by 2020. There is an obvious need to consider ou...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Darnell R,Henderson B,Kroon FJ,Kuhnert P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the responses of marine nematodes to crude oil contamination in polluted and relatively uncontaminated sites in Dalian Xingang, China, 40 days after an oil spill. Samples were taken at different tide levels on the beach and at different positions along the beach. We present the results of a com...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Lv Y,Zhang W,Gao Y,Ning S,Yang B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benthic faunal data is regularly collected worldwide to assess the ecological quality of marine environments. Recently, there has been renewed interest in developing biological indices able to identify environmental status and potential anthropogenic impacts. In this paper we evaluate the performance of a general poly...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Andrade H,Renaud PE

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of tributyltin (TBT) and its breakdown products, dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MTB), were measured in tissues of male turbot Scophthalmus maximus from the Gulf of Gdańsk (GDA) and the Pomeranian Bay (POM) in the southern Baltic Sea. The fish (n=206) were collected during the spawning seasons of 200...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gosz E,Horbowy J,Ruczyńska W

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoplankton diversity, primary and bacterial production, nutrients and metallic contaminants were measured during the wet season (July) and dry season (March) in the Bach Dang Estuary, a sub-estuary of the Red River system, Northern Vietnam. Using canonical correspondence analysis we show that phytoplankton communit...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Rochelle-Newall EJ,Chu VT,Pringault O,Amouroux D,Arfi R,Bettarel Y,Bouvier T,Bouvier C,Got P,Nguyen TM,Mari X,Navarro P,Duong TN,Cao TT,Pham TT,Ouillon S,Torréton JP

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis approach was used to assess the effect of dredging induced changes in sediment composition, under different conditions of natural physical disturbance, for the structure and function of marine benthic macrofaunal communities. Results showed the sensitivity of macrofaunal communities increased as both t...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cooper KM,Curtis M,Wan Hussin WM,Barrio Froján CR,Defew EC,Nye V,Paterson DM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the work was to establish methodology for realistic laboratory-based test exposures of organisms to oil dispersions, specifically designed to generate parameterized toxicity data. Such data are needed to improve the value of numerical models used to predict fate and effects of oil spills and different oil s...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Nordtug T,Olsen AJ,Altin D,Meier S,Overrein I,Hansen BH,Johansen Ø

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boat harbours are an increasingly common form of artificial habitat. This paper presents a comparative study of contaminants and foulers of a habitat-forming native kelp (Saccharina latissima) in four marinas and four reference locations along the south-west coast of the UK. Fouling of algal laminae was light (<2% cov...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Johnston EL,Marzinelli EM,Wood CA,Speranza D,Bishop JD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have provided compelling evidence for an accelerated anthropogenic impact on coastal systems, resulting in intense inputs of materials and nutrients from the continent. This has led scientists and policymakers to encourage the implementation of monitoring programmes, which have resulted in the multiplic...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Goberville E,Beaugrand G,Sautour B,Tréguer P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of four climate change scenarios for the Netherlands on the distribution of the shipworm upstream of the Rhine-Meuse estuary are described. Global warming will cause dry and warmer summers and decreased river discharges. This will extend the salinity gradient upstream in summer and fall and may lead to att...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Paalvast P,van der Velde G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the European Water Framework Directive, the ecological status (ES) of a water body is determined by comparing observation data with undisturbed Reference Conditions (RCs). Defining RCs is crucial when evaluating the ES of a water body as it strongly affects the final outcome of any index application. Iden...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Paganelli D,Forni G,Marchini A,Mazziotti C,Occhipinti-Ambrogi A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to investigate the tolerance of Spartina densiflora to phenanthrene, and to test its ability in phenanthrene dissipation. A glasshouse experiment was designed to investigate the effect of phenanthrene from 0 to 1000 mg kg(-1) on growth and photosynthetic apparatus of S. densiflora by me...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Redondo-Gómez S,Andrades-Moreno L,Parra R,Valera-Burgos J,Real M,Mateos-Naranjo E,Cox L,Cornejo J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the Hebei Spirit oil spill incident (7th December, 2007) in the west coast of Korea, contamination of biliary PAH metabolite and hepatic biomarkers in a pelagic and a benthic fish was monitored for 1 year. Concentrations of 16 PAHs and alkylated PAHs in fish muscle were highest (22.0 ng/g d.w. for 16 PAHs and 28...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Jung JH,Kim M,Yim UH,Ha SY,An JG,Won JH,Han GM,Kim NS,Addison RF,Shim WJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four streams in the city of São Gonçalo, were sampled to evaluate their potential as sources of nutrients to Guanabara Bay aiming to contribute with the government program to decrease the levels of pollution in this area. Imbuaçu, Guaxindiba, Marimbondo and Brandoas streams were sampled in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The str...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： de Carvalho Aguiar VM,Neto JA,Rangel CM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantifying the uncertainty associated with monitoring protocols is essential to prevent the misclassification of ecological status and to improve sampling design. We assessed the Posidonia oceanica multivariate index (POMI) bio-monitoring program for its robustness in classifying the ecological status of coastal wate...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Bennett S,Roca G,Romero J,Alcoverro T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of floating macroalgae (250 g DW m(-2)) on photoautotrophic microbenthos were studied in a flow-through mesocosm with a parallel mesocosm without macroalgae serving as Control. Vertical microprofiles of O(2) at the sediment-water interface showed a immediate and complete suppression of photosynthetic activ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： García-Robledo E,Corzo A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lenga Estuary is a small brackish wetland located southwest of San Vicente Bay, Region VIII, Chile. Surface sediment from nine sites in the estuary were analysed for PAHs and compared to Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQG). Sediment samples were freeze dried and soxhlet extracted for 16 h using DCM. Identification a...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Pozo K,Perra G,Menchi V,Urrutia R,Parra O,Rudolph A,Focardi S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pharmaceuticals, like the lipid lowering agent gemfibrozil and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac are causing environmental concern. In this study, the marine mussel (Mytilus spp.) was exposed by injection to environmentally relevant and elevated (1 μg/L and 1000 μg/L) concentrations of both com...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Schmidt W,O'Rourke K,Hernan R,Quinn B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00