Types of Contributions Marine Environmental Research publishes original research papers on chemical, physical and
biological interactions in the oceans and coastal waters. The journal serves as a forum for new information on biology, chemistry, and
toxicology and syntheses that advance understanding of marine environmental processes. Submission of multidisciplinary studies is encouraged.
Studies that utilize experimental approaches to clarify the roles of anthropogenic and natural causes of changes in marine ecosystems
are especially welcome, as are those studies that represent new developments of a theoretical or conceptual aspect of marine science.
All papers published in this journal are reviewed by qualified peers prior to acceptance and publication. Examples of topics considered
to be appropriate for the journal include, but are not limited to, the following:
the extent, persistence, and consequences
of change and the recovery from such change in natural marine systems
the biochemical, physiological, and ecological consequences
of contaminants to marine organisms and ecosystems
the extent and consequences of other anthropogenic changes in the marine
environment
the biogeochemistry of naturally occurring and anthropogenic substances
models that describe and predict
the above processes
monitoring studies, to the extent that their results provide new information on functional processes
methodological papers describing improved quantitative techniques for the marine sciences
Research papers; review articles;
book reviews; conferences and meetings; short communications, letters to the editors.
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Wood, K.J., 1993. Principles of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 608-635.
Brown, A.P., Ganey,
P.E., 1995. Neutrophil degranulation and superoxide production induced by polychlorinated biphenyls are calcium dependent. Toxicology
and Applied Pharmacology 131, 198-205.
Chandler, G.T., Green, A.S., 1996. A 14 day harpacticoid copepod reproduction bioassay for
laboratory and field contaminated muddy sediments, in: Ostrander, G., New Techniques in Aquatic Toxicology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp.
23-39.
Codispoti, L. A., 1989. Phosphorus vs nitrogen limitation in new and export production, in: Berger, W. H., Smetacek, V. S.,
Wefer, G. (Eds.), Productivity of Oceans: Present and Past. Wiley, Chichester, pp. 372-394.
Lauenstein, G.G., Cantillo, A.Y., 1993.
Sampling and analytical methods of the national status and trends program national benthic surveillance and mussel watch projects 1984-1992,
in: Comprehensive Descriptions of Trace Organic Analytical Methods, vol. IV, US Dept. Comm., NOAA Tech. Memo. NOS ORCA 71, Silver Spring,
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