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The Mediterranean Mercury Anomaly, a Geochemical or a BiologocalIssue
This chapter deals with the distribution and speciation of mercury in the water column, sediment and biota of both the Western and Eastern Basins of...
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Satellite Observations as Indicators of the Mediterranean Sea’s Health
Satellite observations of the marine environment allow the assessment of optical, thermal and structural properties, which can be inferred from the...
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Input of Various Chemicals Transported by Saharan Dust and Depositing atthe Sea Surface in the Mediterranean Sea
This paper reviews work on the role of Saharan dust as a contribution of various chemicals to the Mediterranean basin. Both the magnitude and the...
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Nutrient, Oxygen and Carbon Ratios, CO2 Sequestrationand Anthropogenic Forcing in the Mediterranean Sea
The climate and the environment, together with present tectonic morphology, constitute main constraints for the Mediterranean Sea geochemistry. The...
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Mediterranean Sea and Humans: Improving a Conflictual Partnership
Intense human activities in regions surrounding enclosed and semi-enclosed seas such as the Mediterranean produce, in the long range, a strong...
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River Inputs of Metals and Arsenic
This chapter deals with the inputs of dissolved heavy metals and arsenic by rivers to the Mediterranean Sea. It is divided into three parts. The...
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Biological Indicators in Mediterranean Coastal Waters: a Link betweenEnvironmental Chemistry and Ecological Assessment
The initial approach to monitoring contaminants in the aquatic environment was direct measurement in the natural waters, but chemical analysis of...
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Surface-Active Properties of the Sea Surface Microlayerand Consequences for Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea
Most biogeochemical processes in natural waters take place at different phase discontinuities, among which the largest one is the atmosphere–ocean...
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Exchange of Pollutants (Trace Elements) at the Sediment Boundary
Marine sediments are the final depositories of trace elements entering the marine environment but they can also act as a source. In the Mediterranean...
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Applicability of Models in the Field of Environmental Chemistry of the MediterraneanSea
The present chapter highlights the problems facing when modelling the marine environment, in particular for biochemical aspects. It is shown how the...
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Importance of Visible Light-Induced Photo-oxidationProcesses in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea
Recently, there has been a renewal of interest concerning the study of heterogeneous visible light-induced degradative reactions of lipid compounds...
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Circulation in the Mediterranean Sea
The overall functioning of the Mediterranean Sea, which transforms Atlantic Water (AW) into Mediterranean Waters (MWs), has been comprehended for...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Mediterranean Sea
Information on levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the different biotic (e.g. bivalves, fish, marine mammals and sea birds) and abiotic...
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Trace Metals in the Mediterranean Sea
The major aspects of the impact of trace metal fluxes on oceanic areas, their involvement in biogeochemical cycles and, for some of them, their...
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Subnational assessment of legal and illegal deforestation in the Colombian Amazon: consequences for zero deforestation commitments
Deforestation has been at the heart of the transformation of the Amazon. Global concerns over deforestation and its impact on climate change have...
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