Table of Contents
Preface
Desalinating Impacts on the Marine Environment
Pilar Palomar, I.J. Losada
Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, Madrid, Spain
International Protection of the Marine Environment
Angela Carpenter
School of the Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Marine Bacteria Isolated from the Beagle Channel, Argentina
Héctor A. Cristóbal, Adriana E. Alvarenga, Carlos M. Abate
PROIMI-CONICET, Av. Belgrano y Pje, Caseros, Facultad de Bioqca., Qca. y Fcia, Fac. de Cs Ns e IML, UNT, Tucumán, Argentina
Ecophysiological Significance of Selective Feeding of Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates in Marine Environment
Bidyut R. Mohapatra, Kimio Fukami
Laboratory of Environmental Conservation, Graduate School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
Microbial Marine Community as a Source of Hydrolytic Enzymes: Study on Thermal Adaptation of Esterases and Lipases from Marine Micro-Organisms
Luigi Mandrich, Donatella de Pascale
Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Naples, Italy
Potential for Petroleum Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Degradation of the Key Bacteria in Temperate Seas
Maki Teramoto, Shigeaki Harayama
Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
The Hypersaline Gulf: A Model Study of Potential Impacts of Seawater Desalination on the Marine Environment
H.H. Al-Barwani, A. Purnama
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Dynamics of Suspended Particulate Matter in the Menai Straits (UK) and its Implications for Ecosystem Functioning and Management
V. Krivtsov, J. Gascoigne
M. W. Skov, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
Concrete and Marine Environment
Moetaz El-Hawary
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
The Marine Environment: Samples and Analytes
M.C. Yebra-Biurrun
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Marine Debris, a Growing Problem: Sources, Distribution, Composition, and Impacts
Stelios Katsanevakis
Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Agio Kosmas, Athens, Greece, et al.
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