Metals and organic contaminants, present in the water‐column, sediment or food, are readily
accumulated by aquatic organisms. Exposure to and toxic effects of contaminants can be …

Stanislav Patin is a Doctor of Science (Biology, Chemistry); Professor (Ecology); and Head
Scientist at the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) …

The management of produced water (PW) discharges from offshore oil and gas installations
in the North Atlantic is under the auspices of OSPAR (Oslo/Paris convention for Protection of …

Mucilaginous material is a potentially important component in many ocean flux processes. A
variety of processes occur within mucilage which result in the transformation of organic …

Previous reports indicated that barium (Ba) and/or strontium (Sr) were primarily responsible
for the toxicity of a southern California produced water to develo** marine embryos. To …

New global technologies, allowing simultaneous analysis of thousands of genes, proteins,
and metabolites (so-called “omics” technologies), are being adopted rapidly by industry …

The effects of produced water (PW), an aqueous waste from oil production, and two metal
constituents—arsenate (As) and copper (Cu), on development of gametophytes from a …

Within the BEEP project (Biological Effects of Environmental Pollution in Marine
Ecosystems) the Work Package 1 was addressed to the development of new and more …

Two sublethal responses were used to investigate the effects of genotoxic metals on
embryos of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. In addition to the standard …

Antarctic marine environments are at risk from petroleum fuel spills as ship** activities in
the Southern Ocean increase. Knowledge of the sensitivity of Antarctic species to fuels …