Review of oil and HNS accidental spills in Europe: Identifying major environmental monitoring gaps and drawing priorities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1085-1095

  Neuparth, T ^a   Moreira, S M ^a   Santos, M M ^a,b   Reis Henriques, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring programmes; European Atlantic waters; HNS spills; Monitoring gaps and priorities; Oil spills

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE;

OIL SPILLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

N HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE;

ACCIDENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FUNDING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPE; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84861948470     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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