Chemical Marine Monitoring

Part of the Water Quality Measurement series, this text focuses on chemical marine monitoring, highlighting policy frameworks and analytical trends with an emphasis on laboratory methods and laboratory quality control. It provides a comprehensive approach and guidance to researchers and professionals in environmental and related industries on the theoretical and practical aspects of the field. The topics are typical of those usually addressed in monitoring guidance documents.

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 Sø ndergaard, 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