abstract：:Given the increase in plastic production, persistence, and toxicity in the environment, understanding the probability of microplastics (MPs) accumulation in the sediments of the rivers' estuary is urgently needed. In this study, sediments of the estuary of 17 rivers, ending to the Caspian Sea, were evaluated at two de...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Ghayebzadeh M,Taghipour H,Aslani H

更新日期：2021-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the event of an oil spill, emergency responders must quickly deploy cleanup and protection equipment using guidance provided by a forecast trajectory. Forecasting the location of the surface oil over time is standard practice; however, current performance metrics used for assessing the quality of the spill forecast...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Simecek-Beatty D,Lehr WJ

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Marinas have ceased to be ports dedicated exclusively to recreational boating and nautical sports. Nowadays, marinas offer a variety of services that complement the tourist offering of its locality in addition to auxiliary activities that arise from its main activity. There are considerable economic and social resourc...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Martínez-Vázquez RM,de Pablo Valenciano J,Caparrós Martínez JL

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, selected PCB congeners (IUPAC numbers 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, and 180) were quantified in 34 stations of Chabahr bay and around it in the Makran region of Iran. The sum of total PCB concentrations varied from below the detection limit to 485 ng kg-1 dry weight of sediment. Based on the Canadian Sediment ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Mehdinia A,Bateni F,Jahedi Vaighan D,Sheijooni Fumani N

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sea turtles are useful sentinels to monitor the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the marine coastal ecosystems. Forty Gram negative bacteria were isolated from wounds of 52 injured Caretta caretta, living in the Mediterranean Sea. Bacteria were identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and tested for...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Trotta A,Cirilli M,Marinaro M,Bosak S,Diakoudi G,Ciccarelli S,Paci S,Buonavoglia D,Corrente M

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the heavy metal contamination and groundwater quality in southern Saudi Arabia, 105 groundwater samples were analyzed for EC, pH, TDS, major ions (NO3-, Cl-, HCO3-, SO42-, F-, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, and K+), and heavy metals (Fe, Li, As, B, Al, Cr, Cu, Mo, Ni, Se, Sr, V, Zn, and Mn). Groundwater quality index (G...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Alfaifi H,El-Sorogy AS,Qaysi S,Kahal A,Almadani S,Alshehri F,Zaidi FK

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerial and underwater imaging is being widely used for monitoring litter objects found at the sea surface, beaches and seafloor. However, litter monitoring requires a considerable amount of human effort, indicating the need for automatic and cost-effective approaches. Here we present an object detection approach that ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Politikos DV,Fakiris E,Davvetas A,Klampanos IA,Papatheodorou G

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, Indonesia estimated as the second-largest country in the world that donates plastic to the sea. This study aims to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of microplastics in tropical estuaries. The sampling was carried out in Benoa Bay with four repetitions representing the wet and dry seasons. Spa...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Suteja Y,Atmadipoera AS,Riani E,Nurjaya IW,Nugroho D,Cordova MR

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Danshuei River Estuary (DRE) total and inorganic nitrogen in the dissolved (TDN, DIN) and particulate (TPN, PIN) phases were analyzed to study their distribution and partitioning. The carbon contents in particles were also analyzed. The upper estuary contained higher ammonium concentration (304-557 μM), leading to TDN...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Fang TH,Chen WH

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive radiological survey using multivariate statistical analysis was carried out to evaluate the distribution of 40K, 232Th, 226Ra, 235U, and 137Cs, and associated radiation indices in beach sand samples of the coastal area of the Aegean Sea. The activity concentration of selected radionuclides was measured...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Shahrokhi A,Adelikhah M,Chalupnik S,Kovács T

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrylamide (AA) can have deleterious effects on freshwater fish. However, its adverse effects on euryhaline fish are still unknown. In this study, embryos of Oryzias melastigma were exposed to different concentrations of AA to investigate its effect on early developmental disorders. After 21 days of exposure, AA signi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Yue Z,Tian E,Chen Y,Luo L,Yang L,He L,Li L,Wang J

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-scale experiments performed at SINTEF, Norway in 2011-12 led to the development of a modified Weber scaling algorithm. The algorithm predicts initial oil droplet sizes (d50) from a subsea oil and gas blowout. It was quickly implemented in a high number of operational oil spill models used to predict fate and eff...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Brandvik PJ,Davies E,Leirvik F,Johansen Ø,Belore R

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:For short development species, like the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma, the entire planktonic duration can be impacted by marine heatwaves (MHW). Developmental thermal tolerance of this species through metamorphosis was investigated over a broad range (7.6-28.0 °C), including temperatures across its distributio...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gall ML,Holmes SP,Campbell H,Byrne M

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing amount of marine litter is a global issue that is also being experienced within the Manila Bay Philippines. To better understand the behavior of litter within the bay, particle tracking simulations of floating litter released from several sources were conducted. Forward-in-time (PTM-FIT) simulation of p...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Cruz LLB,Shimozono T

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological concrete (eco-concrete) can reduce excess nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in water, but its effectiveness in removing nutrients in marine coastal sediments and the response of sediment microbial communities to its use are largely unknown. In this study, eco-concrete planted with Bruguiera gymnorrhiza wa...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Liu L,Ji J,Guo Y,Chen J

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of bottom trawling noise was quantified on two surrounding marine acoustic habitats using fixed mooring acoustic recorders. Noise during trawling activity is shown to be considerably louder than ambient noise and a nearby underway research vessel. Estimated source levels were above cetacean damage threshold...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Daly E,White M

更新日期：2020-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcystis blooms and the impact of their toxins, particularly microcystin (MC), in coastal ecosystems is an emerging threat, but the species-specific effects of MC and the potential for bioconcentration are not fully understood. We exposed the brackish water flea, Diaphanosoma celebensis, to MC-LR, which showed anti...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Won EJ,Kim D,Yoo JW,In S,Shin KH,Lee YM

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arabian or Persian Gulf is recognized as one of the warmest estuaries globally. The sea surface temperature (SST) has been utilized in several studies to gauge the global warming associated with climate change. In the current investigation we present detailed in situ SST measurements for five consecutive years (20...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Alosairi Y,Alsulaiman N,Rashed A,Al-Houti D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypoxia event occurred in the nearshore of the northern Yellow Sea in summer 2016, and a bloom of small jellyfish occurred in June of this year. As a key copepod species in the Yellow Sea, Calanus sinicus exhibits early recruitment mainly in this nearshore area. Therefore, this study assessed the effects of these tw...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Sun X,Sun X,Zhu L,Li X,Sun S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal wetlands are often neglected in marine debris studies. Interactions of plastics with natural particles are also largely understudied across all ecosystems but are becoming the focus of an emerging field on plastic cycling. Some studies have investigated short-term interactions, and some models predict short tu...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Paduani M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal and spatial variability of heavy metal distribution was studied in an Arctic fjord (Hornsund, Spitsbergen). Seawater from 8 sampling stations and 3 sampling depths was collected in 6 successive months and used for measurement of dissolved and particulate heavy metal concentrations. Salinity and temperatur...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Zaborska A,Strzelewicz A,Rudnicka P,Moskalik M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing quantity of plastic waste in the ocean is providing a growing and more widespread novel habitat for microbes. Plastics have taxonomically distinct microbial communities (termed the 'Plastisphere') and can raft these unique communities over great distances. In order to understand the Plastisphere properl...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Harvey BP,Kerfahi D,Jung Y,Shin JH,Adams JM,Hall-Spencer JM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the southern summer of 2020, large phytoplankton blooms were detected using satellite technology in Chile (western Patagonia), where intensive salmonid aquaculture is carried out. Some harvesting sites recorded massive fish mortalities, which were associated with the presence of the dinoflagellate species Cochl...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Rodríguez-Benito CV,Navarro G,Caballero I

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fuzzy decision tree (FDT) based framework was developed to facilitate the selection of suitable oil spill response methods in the Arctic. Hypothetical oil spill cases were developed based on six identified attributes, while the suitability of three spill response methods (mechanical containment and recovery, use of ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Hu G,Mohammadiun S,Gharahbagh AA,Li J,Hewage K,Sadiq R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on a sediment toxicity test developed with a native amphipod strain of Ptilohyale barbicornis where sediments from 10 estuarine stations along the western coastline of Taiwan were evaluated with respect to trace metals and PAHs. The test was validated by determining dose-response relationships for a...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wu MC,Dahms HU,Liu CH,Hsieh CY,Wang CC,Ho ZY

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Port Hacking is a tide-dominated, drowned river valley at the southern edge of the Sydney conurbation (Australia) and is bordered by intense urbanization to the north and native bushland in the south. The current work provides a first-time, baseline evaluation of the magnitude of human-induced change and risk posed by...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Birch GF,Lee JH,Gunns T

更新日期：2020-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to open sea environments, there is still limited knowledge about microplastic levels in semi-enclosed systems such as coastal lagoons. This work aims to assess the levels of MPs in the waters of an urban lagoon (Bizerte lagoon, northern Tunisia) and to study the effects of environmental factors on their distr...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Wakkaf T,El Zrelli R,Kedzierski M,Balti R,Shaiek M,Mansour L,Tlig-Zouari S,Bruzaud S,Rabaoui L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the occurrence and abundance of meso and microplastics for the South Pacific are limited and there is urgent need to fill this knowledge gap. The main aim of the study was to apply a rapid screening method, based on the fluorescence tagging of polymers using Nile red, to determine the concentration of meso and...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Bakir A,Desender M,Wilkinson T,Van Hoytema N,Amos R,Airahui S,Graham J,Maes T

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In characterization of food borne pathogens from the environment, assessment of virulence, genetic diversity and AMR are essential preludes to formulate preventive strategies and to combat the spread. This study aimed to identify and characterize pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the coastal aquaculture farms of K...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Narayanan SV,Joseph TC,Peeralil S,Koombankallil R,Vaiyapuri M,Mothadaka MP,Lalitha KV

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article is devoted to the study of the activity values of natural radionuclides 40K, 232Th and 226Ra and technogenic radionuclide 137Cs in the bottom sediments of the Barents Sea, which is distinguished from the rest of the Arctic seas by the fact that the largest number of radiation objects are concentrated here....

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Yakovlev E,Puchkov A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work was undertaken to assess the impact of trace element concentration and the status of potential ecological risk in the reef sediments of the Vembar group of islands, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, India. Totally, 114 reef sediments (surface) were collected from the Vembar group of islands (Nallat...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Pradhap D,Gandhi KS,Magesh NS,Peter TS,Sadhu C,Silva JD,Godson PS,Krishnakumar S,Saravanan P

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seagrasses provide a wide range of services including food provision, water purification and coastal protection. Pacific small island developing states (PSIDS) have limited natural resources, challenging economies and a need for marine science research. Seagrasses occur in eleven PSIDS and nations are likely to benefi...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Brodie G,Holland E,N'Yeurt AR,Soapi K,Hills J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial and temporal distributions of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were investigated in five sediment cores from the Yangtze River Delta of Yangtze River in China. The surficial concentrations of nine tri- through hepta-BDE congeners (Σ9BDEs) and BDE209 were highest at urban sites S3 and S2, followed by ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Da C,Wang R,Xia L,Huang Q,Cai J,Cai F,Gao C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput sequencing of microbial assemblages has been proposed as an alternative methodology to the traditional ones used in marine monitoring and environmental assessment. Here, we evaluated pico- and nanoplankton diversity as ecological indicators in NW Mediterranean coastal waters by comparing their diversit...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Ferrera I,Reñé A,Funosas D,Camp J,Massana R,Gasol JM,Garcés E

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplastics' (MPs) abundance, small size, and global distribution render them bioavailable to a variety of organisms directly or by trophic transfer, yet examinations in marine apex predators are currently limited. The present study investigated the occurrence of MPs sized 125 μm-5 mm in the gastrointestinal tract (...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Battaglia FM,Beckingham BA,McFee WE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro methods have gained rising importance in ecotoxicology due to ethical concerns. The aim of this study was to assess the single and combined in vitro effects of gold, as nanoparticle (AuNPs) and ionic (Au+) form, and the pharmaceutical gemfibrozil (GEM). Sparus aurata liver organ culture was exposed to gold (4...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Barreto A,Carvalho A,Silva D,Pinto E,Almeida A,Paíga P,Correira-Sá L,Delerue-Matos C,Trindade T,Soares AMVM,Hylland K,Loureiro S,Oliveira M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the mass fractions of Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, As, Ni, Cu, Cd, Hg, and Pb in water and sediments of the Halda river, Bangladesh, and studies the distribution, contamination, and potential ecological risks of the metals and metalloid. The average mass fractions of As, Cd, and Pb are relatively higher ...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Islam MA,Das B,Quraishi SB,Khan R,Naher K,Hossain SM,Karmaker S,Latif SA,Hossen MB

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedimentary nitrogen (SN) provenience and fate in surface and subsurface sediments collected from the Baltic Sea were assessed. SN and sedimentary organic carbon (SOC) concentrations, stable isotopic signatures (δ15NSN and δ13CSOC) and SOC/SN molar ratios, were determined in subsequent layers of twenty-four sediment c...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Winogradow A,Pempkowiak J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three species of mangroves and six species of salt marshes were collected from various locations along the Tuticorin coast for the estimation of metals like Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn. The bioaccumulation of metals in mangroves is in the order of Cu > Pb > Zn > Cd, and the season-wise accumulation was higher in monsoon follow...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Rajaram R,Ganeshkumar A,Muralisankar T,Sivaperumal P

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During drier periods estuarine salinization can stimulate the colonization of marine organisms and further bioinvasion, therefore, may cause future ecological change. In this sense, we applied the Rapid Assessment Surveys (RAS) on natural and artificial hard substrates during the most intense drought period (between 2...

journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin

authors： Gomes LEO,da Silva EC

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00