Water and Sediment Quality

Reference methods and technical bulletins for marine pollution studies

• Guidelines for monitoring  the quality of coastal recreational and shellfish areas

    Pdf (No 1 Rev.2)

• Determination of total coliforms in seawater by the membrane filtration (MF) culture method.

     Pdf(No 2 Rev.1)

• Determination of faecal coliforms in seawater by the membrane filtration culture method.

      Pdf [No 3 Rev.2]

• Determination of faecal strepto-cocci in seawater by the membrane filtration (MF) culture method.

     Pdf(No 4 Rev. 2)

• Determination of faecal coliforms in bivalves by the multiple test tube method
  

    Pdf (No 5 Rev. 2)

• Guidelines for monitoring chemical contaminants in marine organisms

    Pdf (No 6 Rev. 1)

• Sampling of selected marine organisms and sample preparation for trace metal analysis

    Pdf (No 7 Rev. 2 1988)

• Sampling of selected marine organisms and sample preparation for the analysis of chlorinated hydrocarbons

    Pdf (No 12  Rev. 2)

• Determination of total mercury in estuarine waters and suspended sediment by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrophotometry

    Pdf (No 19)

• Monitoring of petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments

    Pdf (No 20)

• Determination of total coliforms in seawater by multiple test tube (MPN) method

    Pdf(No 21)

• Determination of faecal coliforms in seawater by the multiple test tube (MPN) method

    Pdf (No 22  Rev. 1)

• Determination of faecal streptococci in seawater by the multiple test tube (MPN) method

    Pdf (No 23  Rev. 1)

• Determination of total mercury in marine sediments and suspended solids by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrophotometry

    Pdf (No 26)

• Determination of Staphylococcus aureus in seawater and sewage by the membrane filtration (MF) culture method

    Pdf (No 28  Rev. 1)

• Determination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in seawater and sewage by the membrane filtration culture method

    Pdf (No 29  Rev. 1)

• Isolation/enumeration of Salmonella from seawater and sewage

    Pdf (No 30  Rev. 1)

• Test of acute lethal toxicity of pollutants to marine fish and invertebrates 
  

     Pdf (No 43)

• Estimation of the toxicity of pollutants to marine phytoplanktonic and zooplanktonic organisms

   Pdf (No 44)

• Comparative toxicity test of water-soluble fractions of oils and oil dispersants to marine organisms

    Pdf (No 45)

• Determination of faecal coliforms in sediments by the pour plate (PP) method

    Pdf (No 47  Rev. 1)

• Standard chemical methods for marine environmental monitoring

     Pdf (No 50)

• Sampling and identification of common Mediterranean Scyphomedusae and evaluation of their occurrence

    Pdf (No 51)

• Statistical methods for the evaluation of results from monitoring the quality of coastal recreational and shellfish areas

    Pdf (No 55  Rev. 1)

• Contaminant monitoring programmes using marine organisms: Quality Assurance and Good Laboratory Practice

    Pdf (No 57)

• Hepatic mixed function oxidase induction in fish as an environmental monitoring technique

    Pdf (No 60)

• Monitoring coral reefs for global change

    Pdf (No 61)

• Manual for the geochemical analysis of marine Sediments and suspended particulate matter

    Pdf (No 63)

• Statistical analysis and interpretation of marine community data

    Pdf (No 64)

• Reagent and laboratory ware clean-up procedures for low-level contaminant monitoring

    Pdf (No 65)

• Quality Assurance and Good Laboratory Practice for marine microbiological measurements

     Pdf (No 66)

• Determination of Staphylococcus aureus  in sea water and sewage by the multiple test-tube (MPN) method

    Pdf (No 67)

• Determination of Camphylobacter in seawater and sewage by the multiple test-tube (MPN) method

    Pdf (No 68)

• Determination of mesophylic aeromonads in seawater by the membrane filtration (MF) culture method

    Pdf (No 69)

• Sample work-up for the analysis of chlorinated hydrocarbons in the marine environment

    Pdf (No 71)

• Determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in selected marine organisms

    Pdf (No 72)

• Determination of selected organophosphorus contaminants in estuarine and coastal water

    Pdf ("AS”)

• Determination of organophosphorus compounds in marine sediments

    Pdf (“AE”)