abstract：:Five decades after a series of nuclear tests began, we provide evidence that 70% of the Bikini Atoll zooxanthellate coral assemblage is resilient to large-scale anthropogenic disturbance. Species composition in 2002 was assessed and compared to that seen prior to nuclear testing. A total of 183 scleractinian coral spe...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Richards ZT,Beger M,Pinca S,Wallace CC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific teams from the interdisciplinary Seine-Aval (SA) research program and the SA's operational pole, GIPSA (Groupement d'Intérêt Public Seine-Aval) have worked together to create a report card designed to help the Estuary Council (Conseil de l'Estuaire) revitalize its original functions: maintaining functio...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Dauvin JC,Fisson C,Garnier J,Lafite R,Ruellet T,Billen G,Deloffre J,Verney R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As basic research for the effect of heavy oil on the fish immune system, in this study, the number of leukocyte was counted in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus, after exposure to heavy oil at a concentration of 30 g/8L for 3 days. To compare the numbers of bacteria in the skin mucus between oil-exposed and con...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Song JY,Nakayama K,Murakami Y,Jung SJ,Oh MJ,Matsuoka S,Kawakami H,Kitamura S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that heavy oil (HO) on the sea surface causes serious problems in the aquatic environment. In particular, some species of teleosts which develop on the sea surface are thought to be affected by the HO which flows out from tankers or coastal industry. However, the toxicological effects of HO are not fu...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Murakami Y,Kitamura S,Nakayama K,Matsuoka S,Sakaguchi H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seasonal geochemical characteristics of the seawater and sediments and the major factors causing heavy metal contamination were investigated at the Youngil bay and the Hyungsan river estuary in the Southeast Coast of Korea, where a world-scale steel-industry complex (Pohang iron and steel industrial complex, POSCO...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Lee M,Bae W,Chung J,Jung HS,Shim H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the phosphorus retention and release characteristics of sediments in the eutrophic Mai Po Marshes in Hong Kong. Results of chemical fractionation show that the sum of inorganic P pools exceeded 50% of the total sediment P content, with the redox-sensitive iron-bound P (Fe(OOH) approximately P) bein...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Lai DY,Lam KC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in situ monitoring of the sediment characteristics and macrobenthic communities was undertaken at a marine fish culture site in subtropical waters of Hong Kong before and after the deployment of biofilters which were made of cement concrete artificial reef (AR) structures. According to the distance to the boundary ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gao QF,Shin PK,Xu WZ,Cheung SG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polychaete, Capitella sp. I has been shown to degrade organics actively in organically enriched sediment below fish farms. Our aim of the present study is to enhance the biological treatment of sediment by co-inoculation of Capitella sp. I with bacterial isolates that possess high degrading potential for organic mat...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wada M,Zhang D,Do HK,Nishimura M,Tsutsumi H,Kogure K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a three-year period, quantification of faecal indicators and the molecular detection of Escherichia coli and Salmonella were monitored in sediments from three contrasting mudflats of the Seine estuary (France). The elevation of the mudflat surface was monitored concurrently using a high-resolution altimeter. Duri...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Berthe T,Touron A,Leloup J,Deloffre J,Petit F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated sediment is an attractive remediation technique and its success depends on biodegradation kinetics, and the optimal condition for the PAH-degrading isolates; however, information on this aspect is still scarce. The effects of multi-factors on bi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Chen J,Wong MH,Wong YS,Tam NF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of prolonged exposure to reduced oxygen levels (3.0 and 1.5 mg O(2)l(-1)) on marine scavenging gastropods Nassarius festivus were studied for 8 weeks. The percentages of individuals engaged in feeding and amount of food consumed were reduced as oxygen level decreased; absorption efficiency, however, did no...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cheung SG,Chan HY,Liu CC,Shin PK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By analysis of the fatty acid profiles in mussel tissues and suspended particulate matter (SPM) in water, the present study showed a significant relationship of the trophic linkage between mussels and the SPM. At seven locations from inner to outer areas along the eutrophic Tolo Harbour and Tolo Channel, Hong Kong, th...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wong WH,Gao QF,Cheung SG,Shin PK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A suite of biomarkers were measured in barramundi (Lates calcarifer) from five North Queensland estuaries along a perceived pollution gradient. The biomarkers selected were 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD), cytochrome P450, fluorescent aromatic compounds (FACs), DNA integrity, RNA:DNA ratio, cholinesterase activi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Humphrey CA,Codi King S,Klumpp DW

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-eroding silicone-based coatings can effectively reduce fouling of ship hulls and are an alternative to biocidal and heavy metal-based antifoulings. The products, whose formulations and make up are closely guarded proprietary knowledge, consist of a silicone resin matrix and may contain unbound silicone oils (1-10%...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Nendza M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water quality in Biscayne Bay has been significantly affected by past and continuing coastal and watershed development. The nutrient concentrations in the Bay have been dramatically changed by the conversion of natural creeks and sheet flow freshwater inputs to rapid and episodic canal inputs from the large and ra...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Caccia VG,Boyer JN

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gulf of Kachchh (GoK) is situated in the northeastern Arabian Sea. The presence of several industries along its coastal belt makes GoK a highly sensitive coastal ecosystem. In the present study, an attempt is made for the first time to study GoK thermohaline structure and its variability, based on field measuremen...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Vethamony P,Babu MT,Ramanamurty MV,Saran AK,Joseph A,Sudheesh K,Padgaonkar RS,Jayakumar S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was undertaken to investigate the uptake of mercury in salmon throughout the entire farming period at the net cage. Mercury concentrations in muscle, liver, kidney, and gill and responses to the various dietary mercury concentrations were determined. The accumulation of mercury is in the order of kidney>gill...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Chou CL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper continues the investigations of Clemens and Hartwig from 1992 on the proportion of garbage used as nesting material in the Kittiwake colony at Bulbjerg in the Jammerbugt in Northwest Denmark. Whereas in the year 1992 plastic garbage items were included in 39.3% of 466 Kittiwake nests in the Bulbjerg colony,...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Hartwig E,Clemens T,Heckroth M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (dioxins)(PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)(furans) in sediments from Port Jackson ranged from 32 to 4352 pg WHO-TEQ DF g(-1)dw with a mean of 712 pg g(-1)dw. Maximum total dioxins plus furans concentrations in this sediment was 6,290,000 pg g(-1)dw, w...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Birch GF,Harrington C,Symons RK,Hunt JW

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marinas are areas of special water quality concern because of the potential for pollutant accumulation within their protected waters. Perhaps the largest contaminant source to marinas is antifouling paints that leach copper to prevent the growth of encrusting organisms on vessel bottoms. Very little monitoring of mari...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Schiff K,Brown J,Diehl D,Greenstein D

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marabasco is a tropical river-estuary system comprising the Marabasco river and the Barra de Navidad Lagoon. The river is impacted by the Peña Colorada iron mine, which produces 3.5 million tons of pellets per year. Thirteen surface sediment samples were collected in May 2005 (dry season) in order to establish backgro...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Marmolejo-Rodríguez AJ,Prego R,Meyer-Willerer A,Shumilin E,Cobelo-García A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purple-tipped sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, was exposed to artificially acidified seawater treatments (pH(w) 6.16, 6.63 or 7.44) over a period of 8 days. Urchin mortality of 100% was observed at pH(w) 6.16 after 7 days and coincided with a pronounced hypercapnia in the coelomic fluid producing an irrecoverabl...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Miles H,Widdicombe S,Spicer JI,Hall-Spencer J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal trends in mercury concentrations ([Hg]) during the last two to three decades were determined in liver of shorthorn sculpin, ringed seal and Atlantic walrus from northwest Greenland (NWG, 77 degrees N) and in liver of shorthorn sculpin and ringed seal from central west Greenland (CWG, 69 degrees N) during the ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Rigét F,Dietz R,Born EW,Sonne C,Hobson KA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulphur cycle in the sediment of the Venice canal network was investigated by considering the sulphate reduction rate (SRR) and the distribution of sulphur compounds, in both pore water and sediment. Sulphate reduction (SR) is the main process in the metabolism of the organic matter supplied to the network by untr...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Zaggia L,Rosso J,Zonta R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The industrial zone of Porto Marghera is one the most important "contaminated sites of national interest" (SIN) in Italy, being identified as an area of high environmental risk. The site includes a wide shallow water area of the Venice Lagoon extending toward the city of Venice, which was investigated in order to acqu...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Zonta R,Botter M,Cassin D,Pini R,Scattolin M,Zaggia L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EC Water Framework Directive (WFD) suggests using abundance and species composition of intertidal seaweed communities for ecological quality classification of rocky seashores. There are two difficulties with this. According to WFD all sensitive species should be present on a shore. There is no accepted list of sen...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wells E,Wilkinson M,Wood P,Scanlan C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prominent vector of aquatic invasive species to coastal regions is the discharge of water, sediments, and biofilm from ships' ballast-water tanks. During eight years of studying ships arriving to the lower Chesapeake Bay, we developed an understanding of the mechanisms by which invasive microorganisms might arrive t...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Drake LA,Doblin MA,Dobbs FC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bycatch mortality in net fisheries was the major reason for the decline of the endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in the United States. These fisheries have been reduced or eliminated in some states including Florida--where most smalltooth sawfish are currently found in the United States. To determine w...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Seitz JC,Poulakis GR

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Commission's proposed Marine Strategy constitutes a highly inadequate approach to long-term protection of the European Seas. The main problem with the strategy is the restriction to a proposed directive in which only EU Member States are placed under obligation to develop their own environmental objective...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Salomon M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used historical flood plume extent data (modelled) to quantify the typical spatial extent of the summer runoff-seawater mixing zone of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon. Spatially explicit analysis of the variability of in situ chlorophyll a concentrations (observed) across the runoff-seawater mixing zone, then a...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wooldridge S,Brodie J,Furnas M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) events are often registered in Slovenian mariculture areas (Gulf of Trieste, Adriatic Sea) and are related to the occurrence of Dinophysis spp. The annual dynamic of this genus and succession of the most important species were studied at two shellfish farms during monitoring fieldw...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： France J,Mozetic P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sediment quality triad (SQT) assessment was made of the impact of copper mine tailings disposal on littoral meiofaunal assemblages in the Atacama region of northern Chile. This situation is unusual in that the disposal is direct into the high-energy coastal system and not via a river estuary or other low-energy envi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Lee MR,Correa JA,Seed R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) on molluscs in both marine and freshwater polluted environments are a continuing area of concern resulting in many field and laboratory studies. However, molluscs are commonly infected with trematode parasites which, in order to obtain sufficient nutrients for their ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Morley NJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil stranded as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill has persisted for >10 years at study sites on Gulf of Alaska shores distant from the spill's origin. These sites were contaminated by "oil mousse", which persists in these settings due to armoring of underlying sediments and their included oil beneath boulders. T...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Irvine GV,Mann DH,Short JW

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is a consensus on the necessity of monitoring solid wastes pollution on beaches, the methods applied vary widely. Therefore, creating, testing and recommending a method that not only allows comparisons of places and periods, but also the detection of source signals, will be important to reach the object...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： de Araújo MC,Santos PJ,Costa MF

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The macrofauna in the north Marmara Sea were identified and evaluated with univariate measures and biotic indices (BENTIX, AMBI). As expected, the diversity and species' variety decreased as the sediments became muddier and as the stress increased. The AMBI index failed to detect the spatial differentiation of the Eco...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Albayrak S,Balkis H,Zenetos A,Kurun A,Kubanç C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shells of the pod razor shell (Ensis siliqua) from 13 locations around the west coast of mainland Britain have been analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for a range of trace metals including Zn, Cd, Pb, U, Ba, Sr and Mg. The trace metal record in these shells is a proxy r...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Pearce NJ,Mann VL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports a newly established sub-population of Lophelia pertusa, the dominant reef-framework forming coral species in the north-east Atlantic, on oil and gas platforms in the northern North Sea. L. pertusa was positively identified on 13 of 14 platforms examined using existing oil and gas industry visual ins...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gass SE,Roberts JM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better model the fate and transport of material in a combined sewer overflow (CSO), hydrologic and geochemical measurements were made during a storm event in Flushing Bay, NY, USA. Particle size, total suspended solids concentrations, and CSO solid density are used to calculate the settling velocity of agg...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fugate D,Chant B

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional distributions of fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs: more specifically, DSBP and DAS1), which are sewage-derived water-soluble markers, were observed in Tokyo Bay water through multi-layer sampling of water at 20 locations. In summer, FWAs predominated in the surface layers, with trace but significan...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Managaki S,Takada H,Kim DM,Horiguchi T,Shiraishi H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00