Abstract
This paper reports a full assessment of results from ICON, an international workshop on marine integrated contaminant monitoring, encompassing different matrices (sediment, fish, mussels, gastropods), areas (Iceland, North Sea, Baltic, Wadden Sea, Seine estuary and the western Mediterranean) and endpoints (chemical analyses, biological effects). ICON has demonstrated the use of a framework for integrated contaminant assessment on European coastal and offshore areas. The assessment showed that chemical contamination did not always correspond with biological effects, indicating that both are required. The framework can be used to develop assessments for EU directives. If a 95% target were to be used as a regional indicator of MSFD GES, Iceland and offshore North Sea would achieve the target using the ICON dataset, but inshore North Sea, Baltic and Spanish Mediterranean regions would fail.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 130-138 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Marine Environmental Research |
| Volume | 124 |
| Early online date | 18 May 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2017 |
Funding
The authors wish to acknowledge the work by colleagues in ICES and OSPAR working group, i.e. WGBEC, WKIMON, SGIMC, as well as the cruise leaders, cruise participants and crews of R/V Walther Herwig III (Germany), R/V Scotia, R/V Alba na Mara (Scotland), R/V Gwen Drez (France) and R/V Endeavour (UK). The French participation was funded by IFREMER and ONEMA.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer | |
| Office National de l’Eau et des Milieux Aquatiques |
Keywords
- Assessment
- Biological effects
- Contaminants
- European seas
- ICON
