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  • ...resources and ecosystems, their spatial distribution and temporal changes and trends, from local to global. In the broadest sense, remote sensing is the *Long-term and fast collection of data (from satellite)
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  • ...ses involved in the conversion of the main nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and silicon. ...<ref name=”Rendell1993”>Rendell, A. R., Ottley, C. J., Jickells, T. D. and Harrison, R. M. 1993. The atmospheric input of nitrogen species to the Nort
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  • ...the 'effect chain' approach for modelling marine and coastal water quality and ecology. ...re complete food chain model, including pelagic fish, demersal fish, birds and marine mammals.
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  • ..., which have an adverse effect on the oxygen balance, particularly ammonia and nitrites. ...es detailed procedures for its implementation including the classification and monitoring of water bodies.
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  • Some limit mariculture to culture of marine plants and animals in the ocean itself (EEA, 2008<ref>European Environmental agency; h ...s from brackish water and include culture methods that take place in salty and brackish water that is situated in the coastal zone (CBD, 2004<ref name="CB
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  • ...ine environment. Pauly and Christenen (1995<ref name="Pauly1995">Pauly, D. and Christensen, V. 1995. Primary production required to sustain global fisheri ...lled, but not retained by towed gears<ref name="Jennings1998">Jennings, S. and Kaiser, M. 1998. The effects of fishing on marine ecosystems. Adv. Mar. Bio
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  • ...tegories within the section dealing with biodiversity of [[marine habitats and ecosystems]]. ...u, Maldives, and Marshall Islands). Coral reefs also protect coral islands and island populations against the destructive forces of the sea under storm co
    27 KB (4,098 words) - 22:25, 5 April 2024
  • ...e phenomenon that occurs when the water temperature is favorable and light and nutrients are sufficiently available. Due to [[eutrophication]] of the coas ...rn, J.E. 2018. Why large cells dominate estuarine phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 63: 392-409</ref>). Algae blooms can extend over large areas,
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  • ...R., Montoya, J.M. and Woodward, G. 2009. Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research. Trends Ecol. Evol., 24: 505-514</ref>. }} ...e, or fuzzy coding) property of organisms, usually at the individual level and used comparatively across species<ref name=R/>.}}
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  • ...used in various industrial processes and which have become [[persistent]] and ubiquitous environmental contaminants which can be concentrated in [[food c ...ion]] to particles and atmospheric transport<ref>Clark, R,B., 1999. Marine pollution. Oxford University press, Fourth edition, pp 161</ref>.
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  • ...e pesticides enter the marine environment mainly through inputs from water and air, as a result of their use in agriculture. Although the use of DDT in We ...mals<ref>Kennish, M. J. (1996): Practical Handbook of Estuarine and Marine Pollution, CRC Press 524 pp</ref>.
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  • ...rine fisheries and approach for management: a review and synthesis, Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 48, 7-8 Pages 624-649.</ref> ...ce the algae community structure, and thus threaten the algae biodiversity and their seasonal cycles. <ref>https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/5666/1
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  • ...tarctic biota will provide information that can help in controlling global pollution. ...iculate matter (which includes phytoplankton) and zooplankton were sampled and investigated for the presence of [[organochlorine compounds]]
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  • We have collected several case studies on marine pollution. The studies are either by Belgian authers or on the Belgian part of the No <div class="NavHead">'''[[Pollution and marine mammals]]'''</div>
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  • ...and in different planktonic compartments of the Belgian continental shelf and the Scheldt estuary. Environ. Pollut. 66: 325-349]</ref> ...mm, was considered zooplankton, although it also consisted of fish larvae and sometimes fish eggs.
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  • ...able. The primary uses include polymers used in paints and coatings (65%), and adhesives i.e. re-dispersible powders (35%)<ref name = OECD>[http://www.oec ...mall amount (0,006%) of the neodecanoic acid, ethenyl ester used in paints and coatings can expected to be lost into the environment.
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  • ...indane is the common name for the γ-isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and is used as an insecticide. Like all isomers of HCH, lindane belongs to the ...seed treatment, in household biocidal products, as a textile preservative and as a wood preservative. Lindane has been intensively used for many years si
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  • ...chlorine pesticides|organochlorine pesticide]] which works both by contact and ingestion<ref name = OECD>[http://www.ospar.org/documents%5Cdbase%5Cpublica ...most countries around 1990. In Germany and Belgium it continued until 1995 and 2000. It has been phased out in the European Union since 2003.
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  • ...y enters the marine environment through waste water from production sites, and through leakage from end products<ref name = OECD>[https://www.ospar.org/do DEHP has a low water solubility (0,003 mg/l), a very low tendency to vaporize and a high [[adsorption]] rate to particles. DEHP is a very stable chemical, it
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  • ...S>[http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp83.pdf U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 1997 TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR CHLORFENVINPHOS]</ref>. }} ...nt in the soil and underground water. It has a water solubility of 130mg/l and a moderate tendency to [[adsorption|adsorb]] to particles.
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