Effects of pollution on marine organisms

• Published in: Water environment research Vol. 91; no. 10; p. 1229
• Main Authors: Mearns, Alan J, Bissell, Mathew, Morrison, Ann Michelle, Rempel-Hester, Mary Ann, Arthur, Courtney, Rutherford, Nicolle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic Organisms; Ecosystem; Gulf of Mexico; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Petroleum Pollution; Seawater; Water Pollutants, Chemical; Gulf of Mexico; toxicity; PCBs; turtles; trace metals; ecological risk assessment; POPs; metals; sediment quality; tissue residues; birds; dredging; nanoparticles; pesticides; plankton; biomagnification; oil spills; intertidal; field survey methods; marine debris; radionuclides; eutrophication; marine biocides; PBDEs; biomarkers; dispersants; entanglement; human disturbance; marshes; bioaccumulation; Antarctic; fishing impacts; pharmaceuticals; endocrine disrupters; noise and light pollution; mammals; microbes; fish; PAHs; mangroves; personal care products; Arctic; invertebrates; sewage

This review covers selected 2018 articles on the biological effects of pollutants, including human physical disturbances, on marine and estuarine plants, animals, ecosystems, and habitats. The review, based largely on journal articles, covers field and laboratory measurement activities (bioaccumulat...