Chemical Marine Monitoring - Policy Framework and Analytical Trends

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 the North-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 RELATED TECHNIQUES 69 4 Trace Elements 71 Martin M. Larsen, Jens Sondergaard, Gert Asmund, Koen Parmentier, and Peter Vermaercke 5 Chemical Species 101 David Amouroux, Fabienne Seby, Mathilde Monperrus, Florence Pannier, Carolina Mendiguchia, Christelle Benoit-Bonnemason, and Olivier 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 Environment 225 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 Monitoring 315 Francesca Pellizzato, Evin McGovern, and Philippe Quevauviller 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 Richard Greenwood PART 7 CONCLUSIONS 433 14 Conclusions and Outlook 435 Gert Verreet, Patrick Roose, and Philippe Quevauviller Index 439