OCEANOGRAPHY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Marine pollution types:

• (a) per pollutant: nutrients - eutrophication, metals, petroleum products, organic toxic compounds, organo-tin compounds, pharmaceuticals, radioactive isotopes,
• (b) per source: urban, industrial, agricultural, from transportation etc,
• (c) per sink: seawater, sediments, marine organisms, ecosystems,
• (d) marine litter: solid wastes, plastics,
• (e) microbial infection: pathogenic microorganisms, microbial indicators.

Impact – response to marine pollution:

• (a) transport of pollutants to the marine environment and ecosystems,
• (b) secondary pollutions,
• (c) pollution impact on marine ecosystems and organisms, human health and marine resources,
• (d) anti-polluting technologies,
• (e) marine pollution legislation.

Marine pollution monitoring:

• (a) planning of environmental monitoring systems,
• (b) analytical techniques for pollutants determination in waters, sediments, biota, automatic monitoring/remote sensing systems, in situ measurements,
• (c) indicators of the environmental state of sediments,
• (d) bathing waters quality,
• (e) water circulation – models of oil spills spread and solid wastes transport,
• (f) treatment of results, statistical analysis.