Environmental Protection of the North Sea

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Editors' Preface, Pages xiii-xv, P J Newman, A R Agg
Introduction, Page xvii, B V Henderson
Introduction to the Conference, Pages xix-xx, B V Henderson
The European Year of the Environment, Pages xxi-xxiv, PETER HARROP
The Role of the International Maritime Organization with respect to prevention of Marine Pollution, Pages xxv-xxviii, C P SRIVASTAVA
1 - The North Sea—setting the scene, Pages 1-24, A J LEE
2 - Distribution of anthropogenic organic compounds in the North Sea: an overview, Pages 27-40, J C DUINKER
3 - Environmental impact of organic chemicals, Pages 41-65, V ZITKO
4 - Pesticides, Pages 66-84, A V HOLDEN
5 - Environmental impact of PCBs in the marine environment, Pages 85-98, P REIJNDERS
6 - Contamination of the North Sea by production and utilisation of organic chemicals, Pages 99-108, K-G MALLE
7 - Pesticides and the North Sea: a viewpoint from the agrochemicals industry, Pages 109-121, J C FELTON
8 - Environmental protection strategies for organic chemicals, Pages 122-140, D J VAN DEN BOS
Discussion and conclusions, Pages 141-143
9 - Nutrients—an overview, Pages 147-175, S A GERLACH
10 - Assessment of environmental impact of nutrients, Pages 176-188, E K DUURSMA, J J BEUKEMA, G C CADÉE, H J LINDEBOOM, P A W J DE WILDE
11 - Nutrients in the North Sea—a fertilizer industry view, Pages 189-203, H J LIDGATE
12 - Nutrients in the North Sea—a detergents industry view, Pages 204-218, AL DE JONG, NT DE OUDE
13 - Control options for nutrients, Pages 219-237, E SOMER
Discussion and conclusions, Pages 238-242
14 - Heavy metal chemicals—an overview, Pages 245-255, W SALOMONS
15 - Metaux lourds: impact environmental, Pages 256-265, C ALZIEU
15 - Heavy metals: environmental impact, Pages 266-275, C ALZIEU
16 - Assessment of data on fish diseases, Pages 276-285, V DETHLEFSEN
Pathology of fish diseases in the North Sea, Pages 286-301, D BUCKE
18 - Production and use of non-ferrous metals and their impact on the North Sea, Pages 302-322, A K BARBOUR, D TAYLOR
19 - Use of heavy metal chemicals: impacts and strategies with regard to the aquatic environment, Pages 323-338, E MELLER
20 - Practicability of reducing heavy metal inputs, Pages 339-349, W R HARPER
21 - Relationship between dredged material and toxic materials, Pages 350-358, W E PEQUEGNAT
Discussion and conclusions, Pages 359-362
22 - Importance of microbial life in the marine environment, Pages 365-374, E EGIDIUS
23 - Microbiological effects of ocean pollution, Pages 375-389, R R COLWELL
24 - Littoral zones, amenities, and tourism, Pages 390-402, W R AYRTON, S OLDRIDGE
25 - Treatment and disposal of effluents, Pages 403-415, R HUNTINGTON, P J D NEVILLE-JONES
Discussion and conclusions, Pages 416-421
26 - Pollution in the North Sea from oil-related industry—an overview, Pages 425-445, A D MCINTYRE
27 - An environmental impact assessment of oil pollution in the North Sea, Pages 446-455, M SCHOLTEN, J KUIPER
28 - The petroleum industry and the protection of the North Sea environment, Pages 456-480, M T Westaway
Strategy for control of contaminants from oil and related industries, Pages 481-495, N P WEDEGE
Discussion and conclusions, Pages 496-500
30 - The anticipation principle as a basis for policy?, Pages 503-528, J G PEET
31 - Quality objectives and discharge consents, Pages 529-547, A L DOWNING
32 - Towards an integrated approach, Pages 548-562, E VON WEIZSÄCKER, K VON MOLTKE, N HAIGH
33 - Future prospects for water quality management, Pages 563-575, D L WALKER
Discussion and conclusions, Pages 576-579
34 - Hazard prediction and relevance of laboratory-scale studies, Pages 583-596, G PERSOONE
35 - Water quality modelling of the southern North Sea: a useful tool for research and management, Pages 597-612, J A VAN PAGEE, P C G GLAS, C F HOPSTAKEN, L POSTMA
36 - On the three-dimensional approach to environmental modelling, Pages 613-627, J O BACKHAUS, K C SOETJE
37 - Monitoring programmes in the real world—models and the importance of proper design, Pages 628-640, J E PORTMANN
Discussion and conclusions, Pages 641-646
Overall summing-up, Pages 649-654
Principal points arising from the Conference, Pages 655-658
List of Delegates, Pages 661-683
I - The water quality management of the Humber Estuary Committee, Pages 687-696, A M C EDWARDS, D R SAYERS, G WOODWARD
II - Monitoring, consented discharges, and environmental effect, Pages 697-718, P A JOHNSTON, A M BOOTH, B G THORPE
III - Water quality management in Scotland—the estuary and Firth of Forth, Pages 719-726, T M LEATHERLAND, W HALCROW
IV - Estuary improvements—Northumbrian Water, Pages 727-737, W O ORD
V - The effects of sewage sludge disposal on the outer Thames estuary, Pages 738-755, K WHITELAW, M J ANDREWS
APPENDIX C - Poster Papers, Page 757, D Fuchs
I - Nutrients in the North Sea, Pages 759-765, U H BROCKMANN
II - Organochlorine residues in livers of dab (Limanda limanda) in regions of the southern North Sea, Pages 766-770, HORST BÜTHER
III - Accumulation mechanisms and geographical distribution of PCBs in the North Sea, Pages 771-779, K DELBEKE, C JOIRIS
IV - Evidence of oil contamination in North Sea cod, Pages 780-783, H DRANGSHOLT, F ORELD, S SPORSTØL, C E SJØGREN
V - The sea disposal of dredged spoil from British ports, Pages 784-788, R A GIBBONS
VI - An assessment of the acute and chronic toxicity of production water from a North Sea oil platform based upon laboratory bioassays with a calanoid copepod—Acartia tonsa (Dana), Pages 789-791, A E GIRLING, C M STREATFIELD
VII - Collaborative monitoring of southern North Sea coastal waters, Pages 792-796, D JOHNSON
VIII - Preliminary results from a study of abnormalities in flatfish from the River Thames, Pages 797-805, P A JOHNSTON, R L FEIL
IX - Monitoring of nutrient limitation in coastal areas, Pages 806-811, J E LYNGBY, S M MORTENSEN
X - A modelling system for the North Sea environment, Pages 812-823, J B NIELSEN, BRØSKER HEDEGAARD, A MALMGREN HANSEN
XI - The North Sea forum, Pages 824-826, LORD CRANBROOK
XII - Transport atlas of the southern North Sea, Pages 827-843, L POSTMA, W P M DE RUIJTER, J M DE KOK
Use of fungus (Phellinus weirii) which causes laminated root rot in Douglas fir trees to biodegrade toxic wastes, Pages 844-849, KAYE RICHARDSON, GEORGE D WARD, NEELAM RAVEL, M L KUMLER, L M PIKE, J P KILBOURN
XIV - Studies of sea birds in the North Sea, Pages 850-856, M L TASKER, A WEBB, A J HALL, M W PIENKOWSKI
Discussion of the poster papers, Pages 857-859
Index, Pages 861-886