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Reviews

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Papers

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Ocean acidification 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 0 7 4

CO2 and SO2 from Ships 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 15 1 13 3

Atm. N 13 7 7 2 2 2 6 0 7 23 10

Atm. Fe, P, Co 22 11 10 3 3 2 8 0 9 41 18

Atm. Zn 10 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 16 9

Debris 3 3 7 3 2 3 11 0 4 25 13

Heavy metals 28 13 10 3 1 2 8 0 4 46 50

VOCs 7 2 6 3 7 5 8 2 0 26 28

Ship-based inputs- Operational discharges 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3

- Oilspills 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 4

- Chemical spills 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1

- Heavy 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 4

- PAH 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 4

- NOx 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 1 0 9 3

- VOCs 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 3

Shipwrecks 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 1

Offshore E & P 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 5

Noise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3 4

Natural seeps 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 5

NA- North Atlantic Ocean; SA- South Atlantic Ocean; NP- North Pacific Ocean; SP- South Pacific Ocean; NI- North Indian Ocean; SI- South Indian Ocean* Where several substances are addressed in the same report, a template may be recorded more than once in this table.

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SO2 X X X X X X XX XX

Heavy metals- Hg

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VOCs X X XX X X XX XXX XX

Debris X XXX XX XXX X X XXX XXX

Nutrients- N

XX XX XXX XXX XX XXX XX XX

- Fe, Co, P XX XX XXX X XX XX XX XX

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Noise X X XXX X X XX XX X

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- exploration and production XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX XX

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Sewage X XXX XX XXX X XXX XXX XXX

Ballast water X XXX XX XX X XX XX XXX

Dumping of waste XX XXX XX XXX - - XXX XXX

POPs and PBTs X X XX XX X XXX XXX XX

CFCs XX XX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX

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assessments of status &trends.e Adequacy of methodology: An indication of the suitability of currently available methodologies (sampling, analysis, data processing, evaluation and interpretation

etc.), for generating data needed for assessment purposes i.e. the requirement for research and development. f Knowledge of effects: The general level of scientific understanding with regard to the effects of a substance on marine life, marine ecosystems and human

health.g Overall position: An indication of the current state-of-the-art with regard to investigating the substances (and related processes) in the open ocean and thus the

potential for use of these capabilities (and data products) for ocean assessment purposes.

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Total, All Regions 39 (76%) 13 (25%) 25 (49%) 19 (37%) 27 (53%) 29 (57%)

North Atlantic 15 (54%) 6 (21%) 9 (32%) 4 (14%) 9 (32%) 11 (39%)

South Atlantic 10 (77%) 3 (23%) 6 (46%) 1 (8%) 8 (62% 8 (62%)

North Pacific 7 (64%) 0 (0%) 6 (55%) 6 (55%) 4 (36%) 5 (45%)

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* Most of these papers made estimates for the global ocean but did not give details for specific geographical regions.

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Coccolithophores Yes Calcite Planktonic

Macro-algae* Yes Aragonite or calcite Benthic

Foramenifera Some Calcite Benthic

No Calcite Planktonic

Corals: warm water Yes (in symbiosis) Aragonite Benthic

Cold water No Aragonite Benthic

Pteropods No Aragonite Planktonic

Non-pteropod molluscs* No Aragonite or calcite Benthic or planktonic

Echinoderms No Mg-calcite Benthic

Crustaceans* No Calcite Benthic or planktonic

* Not all members of this group are calcified.

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International Assessment Participation POPs

Arctic Marine Assessment Program

Arctic – circumpolar (Arctic Ocean, Arctic marginal seas, Arctic territories of the eight Arctic countries) (north of 60° N but also including relevant marine areas south of this latitude, e.g. Hudson Bay

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Background Air Monitoring of POPs in East Asian Countries

Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea (Republic of), Japan, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

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European Air Pollution Monitoring Programme (EMEP)

Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden. European air monitoring program on POPs is support of the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. Some monitoring sites are located in coastal areas.

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Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling Study

Several sites in Africa (5), South East Asia, Australia (6), Antarctica (1), Central and South America (11), Europe (9), and North America (1)

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Minimum Maximum

North Atlantic Ocean 951,000 tonnes 7.5 million tonnes

South Atlantic Ocean 165,000 tonnes 0.5 million tonnes

North Pacific Ocean 221,000 tonnes 1.7 million tonnes

South Pacific Ocean 521,000 tonnes 4.2 million tonnes

Indian Ocean 264,000 tonnes 2.2 million tonnes

1 Regional boundaries, as applied in the Michel et al. (2005) study, were used to estimate the approximate values for the ocean regions established for the Assessment of Assessments.

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Name Expertise Contact details

Dr. R. Boelens (chairman) Marine assessments CastleloughPortroe, NenaghCo. [email protected]

Dr. A. Baker Atmospheric input of nutrients to surface ocean waters School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwich NR4 7TJUnited [email protected]

Dr. D. C. E. Bakker Marine carbon cycle School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwich NR4 7TJUnited [email protected]

Dr. C. T. Bowmer Marine toxicology, chemical hazardsVice-chairman of GESAMP

TNO ChemistryPostbus 360NL-3700-AJ ZeistThe [email protected]

Prof. R. A. Duce Atmospheric and marine chemistry, air/sea exchange Texas A&M UniversityDepartment of OceanographyRoom 906, O&M BuildingCollege Station, Texas [email protected]

Mr. F. Haag GESAMP Officer, coordinator International Maritime Organization4 Albert EmbankmentLondon SE1 7SRUnited [email protected]

Mr. N. Perera Junior Scientist 5/5 Huludagoda RoadMount LaviniaSri [email protected]

Dr. D. Schmidt Etkin Ship-based pollution Environmental Research Consulting41 Croft LaneCortlandt ManorNY 10567-1160 [email protected]

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Science for Sustainable Oceans

ISBN: 978-92-807-2996-2 Job No.: DEW/1130/NA

IOC/INF-1228ISSN: 1020–4873