Chemical Marine Monitoring

Series Preface vii
Preface ix
The Series Editor - Philippe Quevauviller xi
List of Contributors xiii
PART 1 SETTING THE SCENE 1
1 Monitoring of Pollutants: A Historical Perspective for theNorth-East Atlantic Region 3
Kees J.M. Kramer
PART 2 POLICY SETTINGS 29
2 International Conventions 31
Patrick Roose
3 EU Marine Strategy 49
Gert Verreet
PART 3 MARINE MONITORED PARAMETERS, MATRICES AND RELATEDTECHNIQUES 69
4 Trace Elements 71
Martin M. Larsen, Jens Søndergaard, Gert Asmund,Koen Parmentier, and Peter Vermaercke
5 Chemical Species 101
David Amouroux, Fabienne Seby, Mathilde Monperrus, FlorencePannier, Carolina Mendiguchia, Christelle Benoit-Bonnemason, andOlivier F.X. Donard
6 Organic Micropollutants 161
Robin J. Law, Lynda Webster, Norbert Theobald, Heather S.Rumney, and Jacob de Boer
7 Nutrients 197
Carlos Rocha and Malcolm Woodward
PART 4 TYPES OF MONITORING 223
8 Classical Chemical Monitoring of the Marine Environment225
Colin F. Moffat, Lynda Webster, and Rob Fryer
9 Biomonitoring 261
Michael Haarich
10 Use of In-Situ Methods 285
Richard Greenwood, Graham A. Mills, Gary R. Fones, and Kees J.M.Kramer
PART 5 QUALITY ASSURANCE 313
11 Certified Reference Materials for Marine Monitoring315
Francesca Pellizzato, Evin McGovern, and PhilippeQuevauviller
PART 6 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS 375
12 The Role of Sediments in Coastal Monitoring 377
Gra.zyna Kowalewska, Maria J. Belzunce-Segarra,Birgit Schubert, Peter Heininger, and Susanne Heise
13 Passive Sampling Technologies 397
Graham A. Mills, Gary R. Fones, Kees Booij, and RichardGreenwood
PART 7 CONCLUSIONS 433
14 Conclusions and Outlook 435
Gert Verreet, Patrick Roose, and Philippe Quevauviller
Index 439