Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 60, Issue 10, Pages 1647-1651Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.005
Keywords
Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD); Biological effects techniques; Biomarkers; Biomonitoring
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The use of biological effects tools offer enormous potential to meet the challenges outlined by the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) whereby Member States are required to develop a robust set of tools for defining 11 qualitative descriptors of Good Environmental Status (GES), such as demonstrating that Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects (GES Descriptor 8). This paper discusses the combined approach of monitoring chemical contaminant levels, along side biological effect measurements relating to the effect of pollutants, for undertaking assessments of GES across European marine regions. We outline the minimum standards that biological effects tools should meet if they are to be used for defining GES in relation to Descriptor 8 and describe the current international initiatives underway to develop assessment criteria for these biological effects techniques. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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