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1. The Tail of Two Rivers in Tasmania: The Derwent and Huon Estuaries

   The Derwent and Huon Rivers are two relatively small river systems in the southeast of Tasmania (Australia). They terminate in estuaries that are...

   Edward C. V. Butler in Estuaries

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2. The Sacca di Goro Lagoon and an Arm of the Po River

   The Po di Volano canal–Sacca di Goro lagoon is a small hydrographic system partially located in the southern part of the Po River Delta. The total...

   Pierluigi Viaroli, Gianmarco Giordani, ... Elisa A. Fano in Estuaries

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3. Pesticides in the Great Lakes

   Pesticides have been widely and heavily used in agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin (approximately 93000 tons were used in 1995 alone). Herbicides...

   Kurunthachalam Kannan, Jeff Ridal, John Struger in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes

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4. Early Warning Strategies and Practices Along the River Rhine

   In 1986, the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) installed a Warning and Alarm Plan (WAP) in order to avert the dangers...

   Peter Diehl, Thomas Gerke, ... Hans-Günter Willemsen in The Rhine

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5. Degradation and Preservation of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments

   Organic matter that is deposited in aquatic sediments is subject to an intense diagenetic reactor that determines how much organic carbon is...

   Stuart G. Wakeham, Elizabeth A. Canuel in Marine Organic Matter: Biomarkers, Isotopes and DNA

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6. Present Status of Antifouling Systems in Japan: Tributyltin Substitutes in Japan

   An international conference held by the International Maritime Organization in October 2001 adopted an “International convention on the control of...

   Hideo Okamura, Hirohisa Mieno in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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7. Assessment of Organic Compounds in the Rhine Estuary

   Over the past centuries the Rhine estuary has changed from a natural, hardly disturbed estuary into an anthropogenetically influenced area that...

   R. W. P. M. Laane, P. de Voogt, M. H. Bik in The Rhine

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8. Geochemistry of the Amazon Estuary

   The Amazon River supplies more freshwater to the ocean than any other river in the world. This enormous volume of freshwater forces the estuarine...

   Joseph M. Smoak, James M. Krest, Peter W. Swarzenski in Estuaries

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9. New Trends in Sample Preparation Methods for the Determination of Organotin Compounds in Marine Matrices

   Tributyltin still remains a major issue for the marine environment and its determination is mandatory by legislation in several countries. As for...

   C. Brunori, I. Ipolyi, ... R. Morabito in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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10. Water Quality of Lake Constance

    Lake Constance is used as a drinking water reservoir for about 5 million people. Because of its glacial origin from the Alps, the amount of...

    Michael Petri in The Rhine

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11. Conclusions

    This conclusion completes one more review concerning the natural condition of the Caspian Sea and the principal trends of change in the second...

    Aleksey N. Kosarev, Andrey G. Kostianoy in The Caspian Sea Environment

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12. Pollution of the Caspian Sea

    The pollution of Caspian Sea waters and bottom sediments was described on the basis of long-term monitoring data from 1978 to 2004. It was shown...

    Alexander Korshenko, Alvin Gasim Gul in The Caspian Sea Environment

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13. Hydrology

    The River Rhine is one of the major rivers of Europe -#8211; the only river that connects the Alps with the North Sea. It flows 1320 km from two...

    Walter Jülich, Klaus Lindner in The Rhine

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14. Natural and Artificial Radioactivity in the Rhine and Its Tributaries

    Presently, natural and artificial radioactivity in the Rhine River does not present a radiological hazard to the population. On the contrary, the...

    Sascha Wisser, Jens Hartkopf in The Rhine

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15. Brominated Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes

    Brominated flame retardants in the Great Lakes have not been as well studied as many of the polychlorinated pollutants, especially PCBs, but in the...

    Ronald A. Hites in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes

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16. Physico-Geographical Conditions of the Caspian Sea

    The main physico-geographical features of the Caspian Sea are under consideration. They include brief description of the coasts, bottom relief and...

    Alexey N. Kosarev in The Caspian Sea Environment

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17. Development, Occurrence and Regulationof Antifouling Paint Biocides: Historical Review and Future Trends

    Antifouling agents have been used on ships since the ancient Roman and Greek civilizations. A brief history is provided through to the demise of...

    James W. Readman in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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18. Economic and International Legal Dimensions

    The Caspian Region has abundant hydrocarbon resources (oil and gas), as well as biological resources (fish), particularly the unique sturgeon,...

    Igor S. Zonn in The Caspian Sea Environment

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19. Role of Particle Sorption Properties in the Behavior and Speciation of Trace Metals in Macrotidal Estuaries: The Cadmium Example

    The role of particles in the fate and speciation of trace metals in macrotidal estuaries was studied using a surface complexation model (MOCO)....

    J.-L. Gonzalez, B. Thouvenin, ... B. Boutier in Estuaries

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20. Antifouling Paint Booster Biocides: Occurrence and Partitioning in Water and Sediments

    Following the ban on the use of tributyltin (TBT) in antifouling, several organic booster biocides have been used in conjunction with copper in...

    Nikolaos Voulvoulis in Antifouling Paint Biocides

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