Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Front Cover; Lead in the Marine Environment; Copyright Page; Table of Content; Introduction; Chapter 1. Quality Assurance Measures for Environmental Data; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GENERAL PRINCIPLES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Impact of Man on Coastal Marine Ecosystems; ABSTRACT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Analysis of Natural and Industrial Lead in Marine Ecosystems; ABSTRACT; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. The Occurrence of Lead in the Northeast Pacific and the Effects of Anthropogenic Inputs; ABSTRACT; REFERENCES.

Chapter 5. Investigations into the Formation and Behaviour of Aqueous Solutions of Lead AlkylsABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EQUILIBRATOR EXPERIMENTS; OPEN TANK EXPERIMENTS; TROUGH EXPERIMENTS; BREAKDOWN OF LEAD ALKYLS IN SOLUTION; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. A Dehydration Method to Prevent Loss of Trace Elements in Biological Samples; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Voltammetric Determination of the Stability Constants of the Predominant Labile Lead Complexes in Sea Water.

ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; INVESTIGATIONS ON THE NATURE OF THE EFFECTIVE CARBONATO LIGAND; DETERMINATION OF THE STABILITY CONSTANTS OF Pb-CARBONATO COMPLEXES; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF A CHEMICAL MODEL FOR TRACE METAL SPECIATION IN SEA WATER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. A Sensitive Technique for the Analysis of Tetraalkyllead Compounds; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. The Determination of Tetraalkyllead Compounds and their Degradation Products in Natural Water; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION.

BASIS OF THE ANALYTICAL SCHEMEDETERMINATION OF LEAD IN SEA-WATER; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Studies of Lead in Water and Biological Materials using X-ray Emission Spectroscopy; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. The Theoretical Studies of the Chemical Speciation of Lead in Seawater; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2 . PREVIOUS WORK ON MODELS OF INORGANIC SPECIATION; 3. A REASSESSMENT OF INORGANIC SPECIATION MODELS; 4. THERMODYNAMIC ACTIVITY OF LEAD IN SEA WATER.

5. ELECTROCHEMICAL AVAILABILITY OF LEAD IN SEA WATER6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX 1 -- GLOSSARY OF SYMBOLS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12. Input of Lead into the Mediterranean Through Rivers; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; ADDENDUM; Chapter 13. Comparative Base Line Studies on Pb-Levels in European Coastal Waters; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; TRACE ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; RESULTS; GENERAL REMARKS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES.

Lead in the Marine Environment covers the proceedings of the International Experts Discussion on Lead Occurrence, Fate, and Pollution in the Marine Environment, held in Rovinj, Yugoslavia on October 18-22, 1977. The book focuses on the release of lead to the environment, including the techniques, processes, and technologies involved in the analysis of lead in marine ecosystems. The selection first highlights the impact of human on coastal marine ecosystems; analysis of natural and industrial lead in marine ecosystems; and the occurrence of lead in Northeast Pacific and the effects of anthropog.