Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project
Understanding the status of contaminants in the marine environment is a requirement of European Union Directives and the Regional Seas Conventions, so that measures to reduce pollution can be identified and their efficacy assessed. The international ICON workshop (Hylland et al., in this issue) was...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:43520 2023-05-15T16:47:50+02:00 Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project Robinson, Craig D. Webster, Lynda Martinez-gomez, Concepcion Burgeot, Thierry Gubbins, Matthew J. Thain, John E. Vethaak, A. Dick Mcintosh, Alistair D. Hylland, Ketil 2017-03 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43520/43051.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.04.005 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43520/ eng eng Elsevier Sci Ltd https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43520/43051.pdf doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.04.005 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43520/ Crown Copyright © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Marine Environmental Research (0141-1136) (Elsevier Sci Ltd), 2017-03 , Vol. 124 , P. 21-31 Integrated assessment ICES North Atlantic North Sea Baltic Sea Mediterranean Sea Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Trace metals Environmental monitoring text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.04.005 2021-09-23T20:27:54Z Understanding the status of contaminants in the marine environment is a requirement of European Union Directives and the Regional Seas Conventions, so that measures to reduce pollution can be identified and their efficacy assessed. The international ICON workshop (Hylland et al., in this issue) was developed in order to test an integrated approach to assessing both contaminant concentrations and their effects. This paper describes and assesses the concentrations of trace metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments, mussels, and fish collected from estuarine, coastal and offshore waters from Iceland to the Mediterranean Sea. For organic contaminants, concentrations progressively increased from Iceland, to the offshore North Sea, to the coastal seas, and were highest in estuaries. Metals had a more complex distribution, reflecting local anthropogenic inputs, natural sources and hydrological conditions. Use of internationally recognised assessment criteria indicated that at no site were concentrations of all contaminants at background and that concentrations of some contaminants were of significant concern in all areas, except the central North Sea. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland North Atlantic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Marine Environmental Research 124 21 31 |
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Integrated assessment ICES North Atlantic North Sea Baltic Sea Mediterranean Sea Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Trace metals Environmental monitoring Robinson, Craig D. Webster, Lynda Martinez-gomez, Concepcion Burgeot, Thierry Gubbins, Matthew J. Thain, John E. Vethaak, A. Dick Mcintosh, Alistair D. Hylland, Ketil Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project |
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Understanding the status of contaminants in the marine environment is a requirement of European Union Directives and the Regional Seas Conventions, so that measures to reduce pollution can be identified and their efficacy assessed. The international ICON workshop (Hylland et al., in this issue) was developed in order to test an integrated approach to assessing both contaminant concentrations and their effects. This paper describes and assesses the concentrations of trace metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments, mussels, and fish collected from estuarine, coastal and offshore waters from Iceland to the Mediterranean Sea. For organic contaminants, concentrations progressively increased from Iceland, to the offshore North Sea, to the coastal seas, and were highest in estuaries. Metals had a more complex distribution, reflecting local anthropogenic inputs, natural sources and hydrological conditions. Use of internationally recognised assessment criteria indicated that at no site were concentrations of all contaminants at background and that concentrations of some contaminants were of significant concern in all areas, except the central North Sea. |
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Robinson, Craig D. Webster, Lynda Martinez-gomez, Concepcion Burgeot, Thierry Gubbins, Matthew J. Thain, John E. Vethaak, A. Dick Mcintosh, Alistair D. Hylland, Ketil |
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Robinson, Craig D. Webster, Lynda Martinez-gomez, Concepcion Burgeot, Thierry Gubbins, Matthew J. Thain, John E. Vethaak, A. Dick Mcintosh, Alistair D. Hylland, Ketil |
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Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project |
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Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project |
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Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project |
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Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project |
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Assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the North Atlantic and European regional seas within the ICON project |
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assessment of contaminant concentrations in sediments, fish and mussels sampled from the north atlantic and european regional seas within the icon project |
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