Chemical Marine Monitoring: Policy Framework and Analytical Trends

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 Søndergaard, 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