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    • Nutrients: Practical notes on their determination in sea water. 

      Kirkwood, D. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1996)
      These notes are aimed primarily at the freshwater chemist beginning to conduct analyses of nutrients in saline waters, but they will also be useful to the complete newcomer to the applicatio ...

    • Benthic communities: Use in monitoring point-source discharges. 

      Rees, H. L.; Heip, C.; Vincx, M.; Parker, M. M. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991)
      The response to a request from the ICES Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution (ACMP) for advice on this topic has been structured along the following lines: Section A - a general review of benthic studies in relation ...

    • Temporal trend monitoring: Contaminant levels in tissues of Atlantic cod. 

      Uthe, J. F.; Misra, R. K.; Chou, C. L.; Scott, D. P.; Musial, C. J. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991)
      The study of trends in trace contaminant concentrations in marine species has been of interest to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) since the early 1970s. The ...

    • Temporal trend monitoring: Introduction to the study of contaminant levels in marine biota. 

      Uthe, J. F.; Chou, C. L.; Misra, R. K.; Yeats, P. A.; Loring, D. H.; Musial, C. J.; Cofino, W. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991)
      The study of contaminants in marine species, sediments, and sea water has been of interest to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) since the early 1970s. The inve ...

    • Hydrocarbons: Review of methods for analysis in sea water, biota, and sediments. 

      Ehrhardt, M.; Klungsøyr, J.; Law, R. J. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991)
      The overview presented in the following paragraphs is not a collection of analytical procedures in the sense of a 'cookbook'. It is intended as an introduction to the subject and a collecti ...

    • Biological effects of contaminants: Microplate method for measurement of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) in fish. 

      Galgani, F.; Payne, J. F. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991)
      Interest in the use of mixed function oxidase (MFa) as a monitoring tool for measuring the effects of pollntants derives from basic research carried out over the past twenty years (see revi ...

    • Biological effects of contaminants: Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryo bioassay. 

      Thain, J. E. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991)
      The oyster embryo bioassay was initially developed by Woelke (1972). The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) in the UK have modified the method to improve the accuracy of the ...

    • Organic halogens: Determination in marine media of adsorbable, volatile, or extractable compound totals. 

      Grøn, C. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990)
      The environmental impact of the release of halogenated organic compounds to the sea has become of increasing interest during recent decades. Most compounds in this group are xenobiotic of ori ...

    • Sediments and suspended particulate matter: Total and partial methods of digestion. 

      Loring, D. H.; Rantala, R.T.T. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990)
      In order to determine the major and trace metal concentrations of marine sediments and suspended particulate matter by wet chemical methods, it is necessary to dissolve all or part of the s ...

    • Soft bottom macrofauna: Collection and treatment of samples. 

      Rumohr, H. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990)
      The aim of these recommendations 1 is to standardize the methods used by different scientists for long-term benthos surveys, in order to increase the comparability of results for different ar ...

    • Suspended particulate matter: Collection methods for gravimetric and trace metal analysis. 

      Yeats, P. A.; Brügmann, L. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990)
      Filtration is the most commonly used method for separating the dissolved and particulate fractions of seawater samples. A wide variety of filter types with different pore sizes has been used fo ...

    • Determination of CYP1A-dependent mono-oxygenase activity in dab by fluorimetric measurement of EROD activity in S9 or microsomal liver fractions. 

      Stagg, Ron; McIntosh, Alistair; Gubbins, Matthew J. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2016)
      This paper describes a method for the determination of cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) in fish liver fractions by the measurement of 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity. The proposed method is by fluorescent assay of ...

    • Lysosomal membrane stability in mussels. 

      Martínez-Gómez, C.; Bignell, J.; Lowe, D. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015)
      In 2012, the ICES Study Group on Integrated Monitoring of Chemicals and their Effects provided a framework for integrated monitoring to the OSLO-Paris Commission. UNEP/MAP and HELCOM expert groups have also developed ...

    • Determination of perfluoroalkyl compounds in water, sediment, and biota. 

      Ahrens, L.; Vorkamp, K.; Lepom, P.; Bersuder, P.; Theobald, N.; Ebinghaus, R.; Bossi, R.; Barber, J. L.; McGovern, E. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010)
      This document provides advice on the analysis of polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) in samples of water, sediment, and biota. The analysis of PFCs in these matrices generally includes extraction with organic solvents, clean‐up, ...

    • Soft-bottom macrofauna: collection, treatment, and quality assurance of samples. 

      Rumohr, Heye (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009)
      These recommendations are intended to standardize the methods for benthos surveys used by different scientists to increase the comparability of results for different areas. The results of ICES/HELCOM Quality Assurance ...

    • Determination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediment and biota. 

      Webster, Lynda; Roose, Patrick; Bersuder, Philippe; Kotterman, Michiel; Haarich, Michael; Vorkamp, Katrin (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013)
      Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are environmental contaminants regulated by the Stockholm Convention of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and are included on the OSPAR List of Chemicals for Priority Action due to their ...

    • Guidelines for passive sampling of hydrophobic contaminants in water using silicone rubber samplers. 

      Smedes, Foppe; Booij, Kees (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012)
      This ICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Sciences provides advice on the use of silicone rubber passive samplers for the determination of freely dissolved non‐polar contaminants in seawater. The level of detail offered ...

    • Determination of alkyl phenol metabolites in fish bile using solid-phase analytical derivatization (SPAD) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in electron ionization mode (GC-EI-MS). 

      Jonsson, Grete; Nævdal, Atle; Beyer, Jonny (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012)
      This document provides advice on the analysis of alkylphenol (AP) metabolites in fish bile. APs are released to aquatic environments from many different sources related to human activities, such as offshore oil production. ...

    • Monitoring organotins in marine biota. 

      Monteyne, E.; Strand, J.; Vorkamp, K.; Bersuder, P.; Bolam, T.; Giltrap, M.; McGovern, E. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010)
      These guidelines provide best practices for the measurement of organotin compounds in biota for monitoring programmes. Target compounds include tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT), and monobutyltin (MBT) as well as ...

    • Determination of polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediment and biota. 

      Webster, L.; Tronczynski, J.; Bersuder, P.; Vorkamp, K.; Lepom, P. (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009)
      This document provides advice on the analysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in biota and sediment. The determination of PBDEs in sediment and biota generally involves extraction with organic solvents, clean‐up, ...