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Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in the Great Lakes
This review examines the sources and occurrence of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the Great Lakes environment and summarizes current...
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Biodiversity
Modern autochthonous Caspian fauna evolved from a few marine species over 1.8 million years in conditions of splendid isolation, existing...
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Environmental Quality of the Po River Delta
The Po River collects the discharges of the most populated and industrialized area of Northern Italy and enters the Adriatic Sea with a mean flow...
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Trends in Pesticide Transport into the River Rhine
The occurrence of relevant pesticides in the River Rhine and two of its tributaries is presented over a period of ten years. Trace determinations...
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Sources and Fate of Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment
The sources, levels, and fate of organic contaminants of major concern in the marine environment are reviewed. Spatial distributions among the...
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The Recovered Rhine and Its History
The Rhine has suffered tremendous changes: from a natural river to a heavily contaminated one, then through a purification process to a rather...
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Perfluorinated Compounds in the Great Lakes
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAs) are released to the environment via their manufacturing processes, their use in commercial products, or indirectly via...
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Evaluation of Antifouling Booster Biocides in Marine Water and Sediments Based on Mass Spectrometric Techniques
This chapter outlines the stages involved in chemical analysis of antifouling booster biocides, reviews the sample preparation strategies and the...
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Lipid Markers for Marine Organic Matter
An astonishing variety of different lipids have been found in marine sediments and the water column attesting to the diversity of biosynthetic...
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Pigment Markers for Phytoplankton Production
Chlorophylls and carotenoids are commonly used as quantitative biomarkers for the composition and biomass of marine phytoplankton. This chapter...
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Isotopic Tracers of the Marine Nitrogen Cycle: Present and Past
The oceanic nitrogen cycle consists of a web of microbially mediated transformations driven in part by the large range in possible nitrogen...
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The Nile Estuary
The River Nile, the most famous river of the ancient world, is the dominant geographic feature of northeastern Africa and the longest river on...
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MTBE in Lake Zurich
Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is found in Lake Zurich at quite low concentrations between 40 ng L−1 in deep water or during the winter season,...
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Biogeochemistry and Chemical Contamination in the St. Lawrence Estuary
The many contrasting environments one finds in the St. Lawrence estuary make it attractive for the study of estuarine biogeochemical processes....
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Toxaphene in the Great Lakes
Toxaphene is a major persistent organic contaminant in air, water and fish in the Great Lakes. The story of toxaphene in the Great Lakes, like that...
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Photochemical Fate of Organic Booster Biocides in the Aquatic Environment
Considering the relevance and importance of photochemical processes in the environmental fate and behavior of organic micropollutants, the present...
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Sea Surface Temperature Variability
A weekly mean Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) data set was used to study seasonal and interannual variability of SSTs averaged over...
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Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans in the Great Lakes
The history of “dioxin”, PCDD/F, contamination in the Great Lakes is reviewed. Occurrence, geographical distribution, and temporal trends in air,...
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Emission Estimation and Chemical Fate Modelling of Antifoulants
Triggered by the debates around entry of force of the antifouling convention of the International Maritime Organization and the upcoming ban of...
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General Aspects of Natural Products Antifoulants in the Environment
Many marine lives prevent the surface of their bodies with antifouling substances without causing serious environmental problems. Some terrestrial...