VeSe> fede a> c> The International Journal for Marine Environmental Scientists, Engineers, Administrators, Politicians and Lawyers. Volume 45 Numbers 1-12 Contents Editorial Third International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, 10—14th June 2001, Hong Kong R. Wu Keynote papers Cell bioassays for detection of aryl hydrocarbon (AhR) and estrogen receptor (ER) mediated activity in environmental samples J.P. Giesy, K. Hilscherova, P.D. Jones, K. Kannan and M. Machala Ammonia toxicity in fish D.J. Randall and T.K.N. Tsui Biosensors for marine pollution research, monitoring and control S. Kroger, S. Piletsky and A.P.F. Turner Hypoxia: from molecular responses to ecosystem responses R.S.S. Wu Biomagnification in marine systems: the perspective of an ecologist J.S. Gray Developing effective environmental indicators—does a new dog need old tricks? M. Nicholson and R. Fryer Trace organic compounds in the marine environment M.R. Moore, W. Vetter, C. Gaus, G.R. Shaw and J.F. Miiller Contamination and toxic effects of persistent endocrine disrupters in marine mammals and birds S. Tanabe Chlorohydrocarbon pesticides in the Australian marine environment after banning in the period from the 1970s to 1980s D.W. Connell, G. Miller and S. Anderson Development of marine water quality criteria for the USA R.C. Russo Contributed papers Time should be considered in developmental ecotoxicity test M.A. Worboys, K.M.Y. Leung, E.P.M. Grist and M. Crane Towards a more ecologically relevant assessment of the impact of heavy metals on the photosynthesis of the seagrass, Zostera capricorni C.M.O. Macinnis-Ng and P.J. Ralph Effects of heavy metals on the survival and feeding behaviour of the sandy shore scavenging gastropod Nassarius festivus (Powys) S.G. Cheung, K.K. Tai, C.K. Leung and Y.M. Siu Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury M.A. Gregory, D.J. Marshall, R.C. George, A. Anandraj and T.P. McClurg The effect of copper-treated net pens on farmed salmon (Sa/mo salar) and other marine organisms and sediments C.B. Solberg, L. Sathre and K. Julshamn Burrowing responses of the short-neck clam Ruditapes philippinarum to sediment contaminants P.K.S. Shin, A.W.M. Ng and R. Y.H. Cheung Review of the potential use of brown algal ecotoxicological assays in monitoring effluent discharge and pollution in southern Australia 7.R. Burridge and J. Bidwell Improved approaches to ecotoxicity testing of petroleum products Y. Tsvetnenko and L. Evans ......... Responses of the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis (L.) to suspended solids P.K.S. Shin, F.N. Yau, S.H. Chow, K.K. Tai and S.G. Cheung Cloning and expression of metallothionein mutant o-KKS-o« in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 Q. Shao, D.-J. Shi, F.-Y. Hao, L.-N. Ma, Z.-J. Chen, M.-M. Yu and B.-G. Ru The distribution characteristics of bacterial B-glucosidase activity in Taiwan strait T. Zheng, H. Hong, F. Wang, K. Maskaoui, J. Su and Y. Tian TBT toxicity on the marine microalga Nannochloropsis oculata M. Sidharthan, K.S. Young, L.H. Woul, P.K. Soon and H.W. Shin Relationships between tissue concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons (polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides) and antioxidative responses of marine mussels, Perna viridis C.C.C. Cheung, G.J. Zheng, P.K.S. Lam and B.J. Richardson Species sensitivity distributions: data and model choice J.R. Wheeler, E.P.M. Grist, K.M.Y. Leung, D. Morritt and M. Crane Forest fire ash impact on micro- and macroalgae in the receiving waters of the east coast of south korea H.-W. Shin, M. Sidharthan and K.S. Young The speciation of dissolved copper, cadmium and zinc in Manila Bay, Philippines 1. B. Velasquez, G.S. Jacinto and F.S. Valera Chemical speciation of arsenic in the livers of higher trophic marine animals R. Kubota, T. Kunito and S. Tanabe Subcellular distribution of trace elements in the liver of sea turtles Y. Anan, T. Kunito, H. Sakai and S. Tanabe Trace elements in skin of Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from the northern waters of Japan: an evaluation for utilization as non-lethal tracers J. Yang, T. Kunito, S. Tanabe, M. Amano and N. Miyazaki Mercury, organic-mercury and selenium in small cetaceans in Taiwanese waters M.-H. Chen, C.-C. Shih, C.L. Chou and L.-S. Chou Composition and distribution of organochlorine pesticide residues in surface sediments from the Wu-Shi River estuary, Taiwan R.-A. Doong, C.-K. Peng, Y.-C. Sun and P.-L. Liao Specific accumulation of persistent organochlorines in bluefin tuna collected from Japanese coastal waters D. Ueno, H. Iwata, S. Tanabe, K. Ikeda, J. Koyama and H. Yamada Organochlorine pesticide residues in sediments and biota from the coastal area of Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania H. Mwevura, O.C. Othman and G.L. Mhehe Geographical distribution and accumulation features of organochlorine residues in bivalves from coastal areas of South Korea S.-K. Kim, J.R. Oh, W.J. Shim, D.H. Lee, U.H. Yim, S.H. Hong, Y.B. Shin and Simulation of eutrophication and associated occurrence of hypoxic and anoxic condition in a coastal bay in Japan M.R. Karim, M. Sekine and M. Ukita Effects of nitrate and phosphate on growth and C2 toxin productivity of Alexandrium tamarense C101 in culture D.-Z. Wang and D.P.H. Hsieh The effect of marine colloids on the growth of photosysthetic bacteria A. Zheng, M. Chen, X. Zheng, H. Shen and L. Zhang Spatial and temporal trend of sewage pollution indicated by coprostanol in Macao Estuary, southern China X. Peng, G. Zhang B. Mai, Y. Min and Z. Wang Two-layered, 2D unsteady eutrophication model in boundary-fitted coordinate system K.W. Chau and Nutrients adsorption from seawater by new porous carrier made from zeolitized fly ash and slag O. Khelifi, Y. Kozuki, H. Murakami, K. Kurata and M. Nishioka Preliminary study on biodegradation of phenanthrene by bacteria isolated from mangrove sediments in Hong Kong N.F.Y. Tam, C.L. Guo, W.Y. Yau and Y.S. Wong Alkylbenzenes in mussels from South and South East Asian coasts as a molecular tool to assess sewage impact S. Tsutsumi, Y. Yamaguchi, I. Nishida, K.-i. Akiyama, M.P. Zakaria and H. Takada Mathematical modeling of PCB bioaccumulation in Perna viridis K.N. Yu, P.K.S. Lam, C.C.C. Cheung and C.W_Y. Yip Fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in a mangrove swamp in Hong Kong following an oil spill L. Ke, 7.W. Y. Wong, Y.S. Wong and N.F.Y. Tam Organochlorine and butyltin residues in deep-sea organisms collected from the western North Pacific, off-Tohoku, Japan A.P.X. de Brito, S. Takahashi, D. Ueno, H. Iwata, S. Tanabe and T. Kubodera Removal of tributyltin (TBT) by live and dead microalgal cells N.F. Y. Tam, A.M. Y. Chong and Y.S. Wong Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in sediments from Hong Kong J.F. Miller, C. Gaus, J.A. Prange, O. Papke, K.F. Poon, M.H.W. Lam and P.K.S. Lam Relationship betweeii structures of substituted indolic compounds and their degradation by marine anaerobic microorganisms J.-D. Gu, Y. Fan and H. Shi Residue levels of HCHs, DDTs and PCBs in shellfish from coastal areas of east Xiamen Island and Minjiang Estuary, China W. Chen, L. Zhang, L. Xu, X. Wang, L. Hong and H. Hong Marine organic pollution history in the Changjiang Estuary and Zhejiang coastal area—HCHs and DDTs stratigraphical records J.-f. Chen, X.-m. Xia, X.-r. Ye and H.-y. Jin Determination and load of organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides at water from Jiulong River Estuary, China Z. Zulin, H. Huasheng, W. Xinhong, L. Jianging, C. Weigi and X. Li CO NTE NTS This journal is part of ContentsDirect, the free alerting service which sends tables of contents by e-mail for Elsevier Science books and journals. You can register for @ ContentsDirect online at: www.elsevier.com/locate/contentsdirect