The BEEP project in the Baltic Sea: Overview of results and outline for a regional biological effects monitoring strategy

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 523-537

  Lehtonen, Kari K ^a   Schiedek, Doris ^b   Köhler, Angela ^c   Lang, Thomas ^d   Vuorinen, Pekka J ^e   Förlin, Lars ^f   Baršiene, Janina ^g   Pempkowiak, Janusz ^h   Gercken, Jens ⁱ  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Institute of Fishery Ecology   (Germany)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁱ Institute of Applied Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biological effects; Biomarkers; Pollution monitoring

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MONITORING STRATEGY; POLLUTION MONITORING;

BIOMARKERS; IMPURITIES; MONITORING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOLOGICAL METHOD; BIOMARKER; EUROPEAN UNION; FIELD METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MONITORING; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROJECT DESIGN;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSAFETY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FISH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; POLLUTION MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; BILE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DNA ADDUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; LYSOSOMES; MACROPHAGES; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MYTILUS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BALTIC SEA;

EID: 33748690112     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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