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Overview of marine environmental monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

A. D. McIntyre
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, Scotland
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Synopsis

Monitoring in the marine environment is selectively reviewed and illustrated by examples of programmes covering water, sediments and biota at both global and site-specific levels. Against this background the monitoring work at Sullom Voe is considered, and the optimal approach to oil terminal monitoring is discussed.

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Part Two
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1995

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