The excessive use of plastic in our society is causing a massive accumulation, since it non-biodegradable product and with still poor recycling rates. This effect can be observed the seas, which more waste are accumulating. present work critical review, based on all currently available literature, that reports environmental status marine pollution, especially microplastic Spain. three Spanish w...

In this study we tested the use of seabird blood as a bioindicator of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution in the marine environment. Blood cells of breeding yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) were able to track spatial and temporal changes consistent with the massive oil pollution pulse that resulted from the Prestige oil spill. Thus, in 2004, blood samples from yellow-legged g...

2012 Storm water runoff Reef quality decline Wave height change Beach width change $ Value of impact Remedial or preventative Investment How does pollution affect the reef? How does reef structure affect the waves? How do waves affect the beach? How does beach width affect tourism revenues? How much to spend on fixing/preventing runoff? ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding was provided through the project ...

1. Introduction This paper presents the EU-MOP project (Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution) based on the design of an intelligent and autonomous robot system to respond to oil spills. The innovative factor of the EU-MOP project is focused on the functional autonomy and an information system for the tactical management and independent strategy during the operations scenario.

Published articles are reprinted here with the permission of the publishers. Cover page: collage of pictures from the proteomics procedure applied in this work superimposed on a photograph of a rocky habitat from the coast of Galicia (July of 2005). Summary vii List of publications ix List of abbreviations xi 1 Environmental proteomics 1 1.1 Biomonitoring and assessment of marine pollution .

1. Basic Concepts 1.1. Air Pollution 1.2. Criteria and Non-Criteria 1.3. Emissions 2. The Epidemiological Model 3. Toxic Trace Elements from Fossil Fuel Combustion 4. Environmental Behavior of Metal Pollutants 4.1. Atmospheric Aerosol Particles 4.2. Aqueous and Marine Environments 4.3. Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Marine Invertebrates 4.4. Heavy Metal ions in Soils 4.5. Methylation of Heavy ...