US EPA

5882540 

Journal Article 

Review 

Effects of pollution on marine organisms 

Mearns, AJ; Bissell, M; Morrison, AM; Rempel-Hester, MA; Arthur, C; Rutherford, N 

2019 

1 

Water Environment Research
ISSN: 1061-4303
EISSN: 1554-7531 

91 

10 

1229-1252 

English 

31513312 

10.1002/wer.1218 

WOS:000489743800025 

is related to other volume(s) 2176082 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 2176083 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 2176084 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 2176085 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 2182073 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 2493779 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 2929309 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 2929311 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 3007664 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 3310714 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 3453749 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 5881007 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 5915124 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 6705053 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 6769279 Effects of pollution on marine organisms
is related to other volume(s) 6956571 Effects of pollution on marine organisms

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 (bioaccumulation of contaminants, field assessment surveys, toxicity testing, and biomarkers) as well as pollution issues of current interest including endocrine disrupters, emerging contaminants, wastewater discharges, marine debris, dredging, and disposal. Special emphasis is placed on effects of oil spills and marine debris due largely to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and proliferation of data on the assimilation and effects of marine debris. Several topical areas reviewed in the past (e.g., mass mortalities ocean acidification) were dropped this year. The focus of this review is on effects, not on pollutant sources, chemistry, fate, or transport. There is considerable overlap across subject areas (e.g., some bioaccumulation data may be appear in other topical categories such as effects of wastewater discharges, or biomarker studies appearing in oil toxicity literature). Therefore, we strongly urge readers to use keyword searching of the text and references to locate related but distributed information. Although nearly 400 papers are cited, these now represent a fraction of the literature on these subjects. Use this review mainly as a starting point. And please consult the original papers before citing them. 

Antarctic; Arctic; bioaccumulation; biomagnification; biomarkers; birds; dispersants; dredging; ecological risk assessment; endocrine disrupters; entanglement; eutrophication; field survey methods; fish; fishing impacts; human disturbance; intertidal; invertebrates; mammals; mangroves; marine biocides; marine debris; marshes; metals; microbes; nanoparticles; noise and light pollution; oil spills; PAHs; PBDEs; PCBs; personal care products; pesticides; pharmaceuticals; plankton; POPs; radionuclides; sediment quality; sewage; tissue residues; toxicity; trace metals; turtles