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Table of Contents:
Preface
Expert Commentaries
Commentary A - Mining the Deep-Sea Vents: Pollution and Conservation Issues; pp. 1-3
(Derek V. Ellis, University of Victoria, Canada)
Commentary B - Marine Pollution Research Employing Bivalves in Venezuela; pp. 5-8
(John J. LaBrecque, Zully A. Benzo, and Juan A. Alfonso, Instituto Venezolano de Investigactiones Cientificos-IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela)
Short Communications
Communication A - Acid-enhanced Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs);
pp. 9-13
(Jaqueline Garcia-Hernandez, Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico)
Communication B - Resuspension of Sediment as a Method for Managing Eutrophic Lagoons?; pp. 15-21
(Mauro Lenzi, Lagoon Ecology and Aquaculture Laboratory (LEAlab), Orbetello, Italy)
Research and Review Studies
Chapter 1 - The Role of Deep Submarine Tailings Placement (STP) in the Mitigation of Marine Pollution for Coastal and Island Mines;
pp. 23-51
(Derek Ellis, University of Victoria, Canada)
Chapter 2 - Marine Debris, A Growing Problem: Sources, Distribution, Composition, and Impacts; pp. 53-100
(Stelios Katsanevakis, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Agios Kosmas, Hellinikon, Greece, Department of Zoology-Marine Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Greece)
Chapter 3 - An improved method for rapid determination of the reduced and oxidized states of metallothioneins in biological samples; pp. 101-123
(Santovito G., Piccinni E., Irato P., Department of Biology, University of Padua, Italy)
Chapter 4 - Integrative Ecotoxicological Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in a Complex Tropical Estuarine System; pp. 125-159
(Abessa D.M.S., UNESP Campus Experimental do Litoral Paulista, Praca Infante Dom Henrique, Brazil, Carr R.S., US Geological Survey, CERCE, Marine Ecotoxicology Research Station, Texas, Sousa E.C.P.M., Instituto Oceanografico da USP, Praca do Oceanografico, Brazil)
Chapter 5 - Recent Analysis of Soft Tissue of Clams to assess Marine Pollution in Venezuela; pp. 161-220
(John J. LaBrecque, Juan A. Alfonso, Zully A. Benzo, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificos-IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela)
Chapter 6 - Impact of climate and environmental factors on the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Ecosystems; pp. 217-250
(Violeta Trinidad Pardío Sedas, Universidad Veracruzana, México)
Chapter 7 - The Possibility of False Negative Results Hampers the Ability to Elucidate the Relationship between Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Human Pathogens and Source Tracking Markers in Beach Water and Sand; pp. 251-272
(Kelly D. Goodwin, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratories, San Diego, CA, Lisa Matragrano, Emory Univ., Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, GA, Michael J. LaGier, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC)
Chapter 8 - Toxicity of African Dust and Related Components to Marine Organisms; pp. 273-289
(Marion Nipper, Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA, R. Scott Carr, James M. Biedenbach, Columbia Environmental Research Center, US Geological Survey, USA,Virginia H. Garrison, Florida Integrated Science Center-St. Petersburg, US Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL, USA)
Chapter 9 - Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Toxicity around a Municipal-Industrial Wastewater Discharge in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas; pp. 291-315
(R. Scott Carr, USGS, CERC, Marine Ecotoxicology Research Station, Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, Texas, Paul Krause, ARCADIS U.S., Inc., California, Paul Montagna, Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, Texas)
Chapter 10 - Seasonal modulated MT synthesis in the cockle (Cerastoderma edule) after parasite and cadmium contamination;
pp. 317-332
(I. Paul-Pont, M. Baudrimont, P. Gonzalez, Université Bordeaux 1, France)
Chapter 11 - Petroleum Pollution and Penguins: Marine Conservation Tools to Reduce the Problem; pp. 333-350
(Pablo Garcia-Borboroglu, Centro Nacional Patagonico (CONICET), Argentina, Rufford Small Grants Foundation, UK, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, Dee Boersma, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, University of Washington, Department of Biology, WA, Laura Marina Reyes, Centro Nacional Patagonico (CONICET), Rufford Small Grants Foundation, UK, University Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Argentina)
Chapter 12 - Organic Pollutants in Mussels from Guanabara Bay, A Representative Tropical Estuary; pp. 351-371
(Isabel Moreira, Inai M.R. de Andrade Bruning, Pontificia Univ. Catolica, Dept. of Chemistry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Chapter 13 - Heavy metal assessment in two Subtropical Estuarine Systems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil; pp. 373-391
(Aguiar V.M.C., Baptista-Neto J.A., Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, Braga E.S., Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Chapter 14 - Production of Salt Aerosol and Bioaerosol from a Sea-Salt Aerosol Generator; pp. 393-421
(D. Voss, H. Maring (University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Miami Fla. and K.D. Goodwin, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, San Diego, CA)
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