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MAJRINIE POLLUTION BUOIILE TIN PERGAMON Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) III-XIX www.elsevier.com/locate/marpolbul Contents of Volume 44 Number 1 Editorial Whaling: when is enough, enough? B. Morton News Clashes over Sellafield “MOX’ plant continues; U.K. water authority fined; Norway’s whale trade controls are suspect, says WWF Living fossil taken alive off Kenya coast; Global warming could slow Gulf Stream: Polluted waters of Hawaii Ban on boat sewage discharge for New York Harbour Complex; Florida Bay’s con- fused ecosystem history; 60 tons of marine debris removed around Hawaiian Islands; US EPA gets tough on sewage discharge News-in-Brief Nigeria; Brazil; Arctic Ocean; Lithuania Viewpoint Integrating toxicology and ecology: putting the “eco” into ecotoxicology P.M. Chapman Reports Differences in the acute toxicities of tributyltin between the Caprellidea and the Gammaridea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) M. Ohji, I. Takeuchi, S. Takahashi, S. Tanabe and N. Miyazaki Experimental transplanting of Posidonia australis seagrass in Port Hacking, Australia, to assess the feasibility of restoration A.J. Meehan and R.J. West Biological pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: invasive versus introduced macrophytes C.F. Boudouresque and M. Verlaque Influence of the Aznalcollar mining spill on the vertical distribution of heavy metals in sediments from the Guadalquivir estuary (SW Spain) I. Riba, T.A. DelValls, J.M. Forja and A. Gomez-Parra Petroleum and PAH contamination of the Black Sea J.W. Readman, G. Fillmann, I. Tolosa, J. Bartocci, J.-P. Villeneuve, C. Catinni and L.D. Mee Concordance degrees in macrozoobenthic monitoring programmes using different sampling methods and taxonomic resolution levels S. Pagola-Carte, J. Urkiaga-Alberdi, M. Bustamante and J.1. Saiz-Salinas Baseline Hydrocarbon contamination in Cartagena Bay, Colombia C.H. Parga-Lozano, A.J. Marrugo-Gonzdlez and R. Fernandez-Maestre Subcellular distribution of heavy metals in livers and kidneys of Stenella coeruleoalba and Tursiops truncatus from the Mediterranean Sea M.M. Storelli and G.O. Marcotrigiano Contents of Volume / Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) III-X1X Chlorinated pesticides in mussels from Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A.P. Xavier de Brito, I.M.R. De Andrade Briining and I. Moreira Book reviews Community structure and cooperation in biofilms H.O. Halvorson Monitoring in coastal environments using foraminifera and thecamoebian indicators J. Murray Statistical power of non-parametric tests: A quick guide for designing sampling stra- tegies P.J. Mumby Number 2 Editorial The future of fisheries — marine protected areas — a new way forward or another management glitch? J. Pearce Garage’s dirty tanks kill 8,500 fish; Illegal fishing is destroying stocks in bering sea; Antarctic penguin colonies threatened More funding to protect Australia’s coastline; Water hyacinth back in Lake Victoria; Chemical Pollution and Human sewage link to coral disease; Micro-organisms may exist in lakes underneath Antarctica Pets and humans disturb beach breeding birds; Attempts underway to Identify giant deep-sea squid; Plan to preserved long Island Bay News-in-Brief Tanzania; Florida; Guatemala; Uganda ViewPoint Natural resource damage assessments in the United States: rules and procedures for compensation from spills of hazardous substances and oil in waterways under US jurisdiction D.D. Ofiara Reports Understanding ship-grounding impacts on a coral reef: potential effects of anti-foulant paint contamination on coral recruitment A.P. Negri, L.D. Smith, N.S. Webster and A.J. Heyward Hydrocarbon degraders from tropical marine environments S.S. Zinjarde and A.A. Pant Persistent organochlorine residues in sediments from the Black Sea G. Fillmann, J.W. Readman, 1. Tolosa, J. Bartocci, J.-P. Villeneuve, C. Cattini and L.D. Mee Metal contaminants for modelling lobster (Homarus americanus) migration patterns in the Inner Bay of Fundy, Atlantic Canada C.L. Chou, L.A. Paon and J.D. Moffatt The inhibition of marine nitrification by ocean disposal of carbon dioxide M.H. Huesemann, A.D. Skillman and E.A. Crecelius Contents of Volume | Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) ITI-X1X Transport and sedimentation of Cu in a microtidal estuary, SE Norway A. Helland and T. Bakke Seasonal variation of polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in the southern part of the Baltic Sea R. Bruhn and M.S. McLachlan Baseline Contaminant levels in the muscle of four species of fish important to the recreational fishery of the New York Bight Apex A.D. Deshpande, A.F.J. Draxler, V.S. Zdanowicz, M.E. Schrock and A.J. Paulson Contamination by organochlorine compounds in walleye pollock (Theragra chalco- gramma) from the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska and the Japan Sea A.P.X. de Brito, D. Ueno, S. Takahashi and S. Tanabe Number 3 Editorial Key(s) to marine ecology and understanding pollution impacts — a tribute to Dr. Howard Sanders, Marine Benthic Biologist Extra-Ordinaire J.B. Pearce and P.G. Wells News Investment in Welsh fisheries; Baltic contamination remains a worry; Attack in toxic wastes in scrapped ships; Massive fish die-off in Kenya Whale skin points way to friendlier antifoulants; Weddell seals recruited as film crew; Protection for Australia’s migratory birds Tsunami model predictor; U.S. sewage overflow fine; U.S. final rule for essential fish habitat published News-in-Brief River Danube: Great Lakes; Italy; Johnston Atol; England Reports The acute and chronic effects of wastes associated with offshore oil and gas production on temperate and tropical marine ecological processes D.A. Holdway Using genetic techiques to investigate the sources of the invasive alga Caulerpa taxifolia in three new locations in Austrialia B. Schaffelke, N. Murphy and S. Uthicke Marine debris ingestion in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, from the Western Mediterranean J. Tomas, R. Guitart, R. Mateo and J.A. Raga Trace metals in tissues of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) carcasses from the Northern Pacific Mexican Coast L. Méndez, S.T. Alvarez-Castaneda, B. Acosta and A.P. Sierra-Beltran Measurement of environmental trace-metal levels with transplanted mussels and dif- fusive gradients in thin films (DGT): a comparison of techniques J.A. Webb and M.J. Keough Contents of Volume | Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) III-X1IX EROD activity, serum SDH and PAH biliary metabolites in sand flathead (Platyce- Phalus bassensis) collected in Port Phillip Bay, Australia M.M. Gagnon and D.A. Holdway Evaluating the genotoxic damage and hepatic tissue alterations in demersal fish species: a case study in the Ligurian Sea (NW-Mediterranean) D. Pietrapiana, M. Modena, P. Guidetti, C. Falugi and M. Vacchi Leaf biochemical parameters in Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh as potential biomarkers of heavy metal stress in estuarine ecosystems G.R. MacFarlane Baseline Further recovery of northeast Pacific neogastropods from imposex related to tributyltin contamination T.J. Reitsema, J.A.J. Thompson, P. Scholtens and J.T. Spickett Number 4 Editorial What price Asian fish soon? B. Morton Southern oceans warming up faster; Coral bleaching on the increase; Illegal fishing vessel arrested; Kenyan fish kill explained Gas search; Hope for horseshoe crab protection and Protection of marine mammals fron human harassment; Environmentally kind engines on sale California swapped for mexican drilling zones Ocean oxygen levels drop Collection Issues in sediment toxicity and ecological risk assessment P.M. Chapman, K.T. Ho, W.R. Munns Jr., K. Solomon and M.P. Weinstein New concepts in ecological risk assessment: Where do we go from here? K.R. Solomon and P. Sibley An overview of toxicant identification in sediments and dredged materials K.T. Ho, R.M. Burgess, M.C. Pelletier, J.R. Serbst, S.A. Ryvba, M.G. Cantwell, A. Kuhn and P. Raczelowski Toxicity testing, risk assessment, and options for dredged material management W.R. Munns Jr., W.J. Berry and T.H. Dewitt Reports Utility of the Hadley Centre sea ice and sea surface temperature data set (HadISST1) in two widely contrasting coral reef areas C. Sheppard and N.A. Rayner The impact of the 1998 coral mortality on reef fish communities in the seychelles M.D. Spalding and G.E. Jarvis An evaluation of beached bird monitoring approaches J. Seys, H. Offringa, J.V. Waeyenberge, P. Meire and E. Kuijken Contents of Volume / Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) III-X1X Vil Evidence for reduced post-spill recovery by the halophyte sporobolus iocladus (Nees ex Trin.) Nees in oil-contaminated sediments T. Youssef Baseline Mercury in feathers from Chilean birds: influence of location, feeding strategy, and taxonomic affiliation H. Ochoa-acuna, M.S. Sepiilveda and T.S. Gross Mercury concentrations in seawater, sediments and wild mussels from the coast of Galicia (NW Spain) R. Beiras, N. Fernandez, J.J. Gonzalez, V. Besada and F. Schultze Book reviews ‘World Atlas of Coral Reefs’ by Mark D. Spalding, Corinna Ravilions, and Edmund Green ‘The Blue Planet’. BBC Television, Narrated by Sir David Attenborough Number 5 Editorial The great unmentionable, and the Red Queen C.R.C. Sheppard UK fish fertility affected by endocrine disruptors; Nuclear fuel ship burns; Fresh water under the sea? To drill or not to drill; Strong evidence that an El Nino is on its way; Satellites will GRACE the skies WWE condemns Japanese expansion of whaling to endangered species; Proposed ban on sewage discharge: New plans for New Bedford Harbor cleanup News in Brief New Zealand; South East Asia; USA; UK Viewpoint Pore water testing and analysis: the good, the bad, and the ugly P.M. Chapman, F. Wang, J.D. Germano and G. Batley Reports Long-term investigation of benthic fauna and the influence of treated ballast water disposal in Port Valdez, Alaska A.L. Blanchard, H.M. Feder and D.G. Shaw Caffeine in Boston Harbor seawater R. Siegener and R.F. Chen Evaluation of two direct immunoassays for rapid detection of petroleum products on marine birds D.L. Fritcher, J.A.K. Mazet, M.H. Ziccardi and I. A. Gardner Effect of an oil spill from M V Sea Transporter on intertidal meiofauna at Goa, India Z.A. Ansari and B. Ingole Analyses of organic and inorganic contaminants in Salton Sea fish R. Riedel, D. Schlenk, D. Frank and B. Costa-Pierce Contents of Volume | Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) I1I-X1X Analysis of the 16S—23S rDNA intergenic spacers (IGSs) of marine vibrios for species- specific signature DNA sequences S.K.Y. Lee, H.Z. Wang, S.H.W. Law, R.S.S. Wu and R. Y.C. Kong Baseline Lead contamination in the Mexican Caribbean recorded by the coral Montastraea annularis (Ellis and Solander) M. Medina-Elizalde, G. Gold-Bouchot and V. Ceja-Moreno A baseline study on metal concentrations in the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Gastropoda: Patellidae) on King George Island: variations with sex and body parts L-Y. Ahn, K.-W. Kim and H.J. Choi Erratum Erratum to “A new coastal marine ecosystem model study coupled with hydro- dynamics and tidal flat ecosystem effect” [Marine Pollution Bulletin 43 (2001) 187-208] A. Sohma, Y. Sekiguchi, H. Yamada, T. Sato and K. Nakata Number 6 Editorial The role of the DPSIR approach and conceptual models in marine environmental management: an example for offshore wing power M. Elliott British beaches the cleanest ever; Coastal zone networks for the UK; Conservation groups protest against tuna farming World Wide Fund for Nature condemns Japanese expansion of whaling to endangered species; New home for Australian Dolphin Research Institute; Satellite data to predict plankton blooms by analysing ocean colour New material to fight shipworm attack; Marine mammals affected by earthquake ha- zards survey off southern California; Two ships arrested in Alaska for oil pollution Stricter control for US pulp and paper mill discharge; Baltimore to address its sewage problem News in Brief South Africa; Kenya; Hawaii Reports Algal growth and species composition under experimental control of herbivory, phosphorus and coral abundance in Glovers Reef, Belize T.R. McClanahan, B.A. Cokos and E. Sala Comparability of bioaccumulation within the sanddab guild in coastal Southern Ca- lifornia M.J. Allen, S.L. Moore, S.B. Weisberg, A.K. Groce and M.K. Leecaster The accidental sinking of the nuclear submarine, the Kursk: monitoring of radio- activity and the preliminary assessment of the potential impact of radioactive releases I. Amundsen, M. Iosjpe, O. Reistad, B. Lind, K. Gussgaard, P. Strand, S. Borghuis, M. Sickel and M. Dowdall Genetic variation in Avicennia marina in three estuaries of Sydney (Australia) and implications for rehabilitation and management F. Melville and M. Burchett Contents of Volume | Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) III-X1X IX Spatial and temporal changes of TBT pollution along the Portuguese coast: inefficacy of the EEC directive 89/677 C.M. Barroso and M.H. Moreira Environmental transformation of the Bilbao estuary, N. Spain: microfaunal and geochemical proxies in the recent sedimentary record A. Cearreta, M.J. Irabien, E. Leorri, I. Yusta, A. Quintanilla and A. Zabaleta Contamination of saltmarsh sediments and biota by CCA treated wood walkways J.S. Weis and P. Weis Improvement of the sediment ecosystem following diversion of an intertidal sewage outfall at the Fraser river estuary, Canada, with emphasis on Corophium salmonis (amphipoda) J.L. Arvai, C.D. Levings, P.J. Harrison and W.E. Neill Consequences of linseed oil spills in salt marsh sediments M.G. Pereira, S.M. Mudge and J. Latchford A review and assessment of tributyltin contamination in the North Sea, based on surveys of butyltin tissue burdens and imposex/intersex in four species of neogastropods A.C. Birchenough, N. Barnes, S.M. Evans, H. Hinz, I. Krénke and C. Moss The effects of sewage discharge on shallow hard substrate sessile assemblages A. Terlizzi, S. Fraschetti, P. Guidetti and F. Boero Baseline Metal concentrations in the milk and tissues of a nursing Tursiops truncatus female J.P. Frodello, D. Viale and B. Marchand First assessment of the highly contaminated harbour of Montevideo, Uruguay E. Danulat, P. Muniz, J. Garcia-alonso and B. Yannicelli PAH-profiles in sediment cores from the Baltic Sea M. Ricking and H.-M. Schulz Distribution of nickel in a polluted mangrove habitat of the Indus Delta S.M. Saifullah, S.H. Khan and S. Ismail Number 7 Editorial Letters to the editor P.M. Chapman and C. Sheppard News New UK policy for dangerous substances discharge to water; Discharge fine for UK water company; Can GM fish play conservaton role? Queensland Project Puts Mangroves on the Map: Heavy penalty for South African company caught over fishing; Isahaya Bay Land Claim Project Under Fire Polar bears already victims of global warming; Philippine blueprint for environmental protection; Delayed impact from Galapagos oil spill fuels litigation Contents of Volume / Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) Ili-X1X Basic physico-chemical data doubtful; Report blames consumers, not transporters for most US oil pollution. Reports Impairment of sea urchin sperm quality by UV-B radiation: predicting fertilization success from sperm motility D.W.T. Au, M.W.L. Chiang, J. Y.M. Tang, B.B.H. Yuen, Y.L. Wang and R.S.S. Wu Tracing the source of 3, 3’-dichlorobiphenyl found in samples collected in and around Halifax Harbour T.L. King, P. Yeats, J. Hellou and S. Niven Occurrence and biological impacts of fishing gear and other marine debris in the Florida Keys M. Chiappone, A. White, D.W. Swanson and S.L. Miller Environmental assessment of a large industrial marine complex based on a community of benthic filter-feeders J.L. Carballo and S. Naranjo Assessing the trophic state and eutrophication of coastal marine systems: a new approach based on the biochemical composition of sediment organic matter A. Dell’Anno, M.L. Mei, A. Pusceddu and R. Danovaro Inhibition of coral photosynthesis by the antifouling herbicide Irgarol 1051 R. Owen, A. Knap, M. Toaspern and K. Carbery Environmental pollution in the Gulf of Guinea — a regional approach P.A. Scheren, A.C. Ibe, F.J. Janssen and A.M. Lemmens Concentrations of PCBs in coastal mangrove sediments of Hong Kong N.F.Y. Tam and M.W_Y. Yao Re-colonisation and recovery of populations of dogwhelks Nucella lapillus (L.) on shores formerly subject to severe TBT contamination A.C. Birchenough, S.M. Evans, C. Moss and R. Welch 39+249Bu and '*’Cs concentrations for zooplankton and nekton in the Northwest Pa- cific and Antarctic Oceans (1993-1996) G.H. Hong, Y.1. Kim, S.H. Lee, L.W. Cooper, S.M. Choe, A.V. Tkalin, T. Lee, S.H. Kim, C.S. Chung and K. Hirose Preliminary evidence for human fecal contamination in corals of the Florida Keys, USA E.K. Lipp, J.L. Jarrell, D.W. Griffin, J. Lukasik, J. Jacukiewicz and J.B. Rose Genetic diversity and metal tolerance of two marine species: a comparison between populations from contaminated and reference sites K. Ross, N. Cooper, J.R. Bidwell and J. Elder The effect of an oil drilling operation on the trace metal concentrations in offshore bottom sediments of the Campos Basin oil field, SE Brazil C.E. Rezende, L.D. Lacerda, A.R.C. Ovalle, C.M.M. Souza, A.A.R. Gobo and D.O. Santos Contents of Volume / Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) III-X1X XI Impacts of milkfish (Chanos chanos) aquaculture on carbon and nutrient fluxes in the Bolinao area, Philippines M. Holmer, N. Marba, J. Terrados, C.M. Duarte and M.D. Fortes Baseline Organotin and Irgarol-1051 contamination in Singapore coastal waters C. Basheer, K.S. Tan and H.K. Lee Baseline metal concentrations in sediments and fish, and the determination of bioin- dicators in the subtropical Chi-ku Lagoon, S.W. Taiwan and M.-H. Chen Correspondence Whaling and whale conservation S. Holt Book review ‘Environmental Contamination in Antarctica: A Challenge to Analytical Chemistry’ S. Caroli, P. Cescon, D.W.H. Walton Number 8 Editorial Invigorating the United Nations Global Programme of Action (GPA) for the Pro- tection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities—utilizing both bottom-up and top-down approaches P.G. Wells Intersex fish found in UK estuaries; UK water protection measures gets mixed re- ception; Whale’s courtship could be impeded by noisy humans Scrap ship designated “toxic waste” by Dutch court; Northward fish movements herald marine climate change; Damaged Florida coral reef to be repaired Glacier threatens to turn Alaskan fjord into a freshwater lake; Major study into the role of marine viruses Historic hydrothermal vent disappears under lava flow; Foraging Falklands penguins get into trouble News in Brief Brazil; Nigeria; Australia Reports Mercury and lead tolerance in hypersaline sulfate-reducing bacteria S. Harithsa, S. Kerkar and P.A.L. Bharathi Fate of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in purple clam Hiatula rostrata, in outdoor culture and laboratory culture C.Y. Chen and H.N. Chou Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons at low temperature in the presence of the dispersant Corexit 9500 J.-E. Lindstrom and J.F. Braddock Effects of new antifouling compounds on the development of sea urchin N. Kobayashi and H. Okamura Toxic contaminants and their biological effects in coastal waters of Xiamen, China. I. Organic pollutants in mussel and fish tissues D.W. Klumpp, H. Huasheng, C. Humphrey, W. Xinhong and S. Codi Contents of Volume / Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (2002) ITI-X1X Toxic contaminants and their biological effects in coastal waters of Xiamen, China. II. Biomarkers and embryo malformation rates as indicators of pollution stress in fish D.W. Klumpp, C. Humphrey, H. Huasheng and F. Tao Tar ball frequency data and analytical results from a long-term beach monitoring program E.H. Owens, G.S. Mauseth, C.A. Martin, A. Lamarche and J. Brown Occurrence of IRGAROL 1051 in coastal waters from Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA P.R. Gardinali, M. Plasencia, S. Mack and C. Poppell Toxicological and chemical assessment of ordnance compounds in marine sediments and pore waters M. Nipper, R.S. Carr, J.M. Biedenbach, R.L. Hooten and K. Miller Long-term variation in mercury concentrations in estuarine organisms with changes in releases into Lavaca Bay, Texas D.R. Sager Baseline Composition and spatial distribution of infauna in a river estuary affected by fishpond effluents D.G. Galope-Bacaltos and M.L. San Diego-McGlone Cu, Ni, and Pb speciation in surface sediments from a contaminated bay of northern China W. Fan, W.-X. Wang, J. Chen, X. Li and Y.-F. Yen Trace metal concentrations in edible fishes from Izmir Bay, Eastern Aegean F. Kucuksezgin, E. Uluturhan, A. Kontas and O. Altay Book reviews Protecting the Polar Marine Environment: Law and Policy for Pollution Prevention J.B. Pearce The Biology of Polar Habitats J.B. Pearce Number 9 Editorial Dong-Sha Atoll, South China Sea: Ground Zero! B. Morton Galapagos Islands threatened by second oil spill in less than two years: Alsakan evidence of global warming Its official, El Nino is back; US beach pollution on the rise NOAA ocean exploration investigates Atlantic deep; Protests against nuclear transport by sea escalate; Whales and dolphins die in their thousands Pleasure boats warned against harassing dolphins; Live reef fish market unsustainable at present The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review J.G.B. Derraik