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Biological effects of contaminants: Measurement of DNA adducts in fish by 32P-postlabelling.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999)This document describes in detail the 32P-postlabelling method and its application to fish. Several recent studies have shown that the 32P-postlabelling method can be used to detect and measure the levels of DNA modified ... -
Biological effects of contaminants: Use of imposex in the dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus) as a bioindicator of tributyltin pollution.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999)This document describes a method for detecting contamination of the marine environment by tributyltin (TBT) using a sensitive neogastropod, the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.), as a bioindicator. Exposure of female N. ... -
Soft bottom macrofauna: Collection, treatment, and quality assurance of samples.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999)The aim of these recommendations is to standardize the methods used by different scientists for benthos surveys in order to increase the comparability of results for different areas. The results of ICES/HELCOM Quality ... -
Biological effects of contaminants: Quantification of metallothionein (MT) in fish liver tissue.
(International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999)This document describes methods to analyse the protein metallothionein in fish tissues. Metallothionein is induced by and binds essential (Cu, Zn) and non-essential (Cd, Hg) metals and is used in monitoring programmes as ... -
User guide for thermosalinograph (TSG) installation and maintenance aboard a ship.
(JCOMM Ship Observations Team, 1999)Since 1990, the ECOP group (Etudes Climatiques de l'Ocean Pacifique tropical, former SURTROPAC group), IRD/Noumea, has been operating temperature and salinity measurements on board merchant vessels using thermosalinographs. ... -
Guide to operational procedures for the collection and exchange of JCOMM oceanographic data, Third Revised Edition, 1999. [OBSOLETE]
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 1999)This document is intended as a general guide to the operational procedures for the collection, encoding, quality control and exchange of oceanic surface and sub-surface temperature, salinity and current (BATHY, TESAC and ... -
MIM Publication Series Volume 4. Standard library directory record structure.
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 1999)In this manual a Standard Library Directory Record Structure is proposed, for use in the preparation of databases of libraries and information centres. The structure is designed to be, as far as is possible, independent ... -
ISO 8245:1999. Guidelines for the determination of total organic carbon (TOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Edition 2. [Reviewed 2021]
(International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland, 1999)This International Standard gives guidance for the determination of total carbon (TC), total inorganic carbon (TIC) and total organic carbon (TOC) in drinking water, ground water, surface water, sea water and waste water. ... -
Tide and Current Glossary. [1999 edition]
(NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2000)The publication is a revision of the1989 edition. This edition has been a group effort by Steacy D.Hicks, Richard L. Sillcox, C.Reid Nichols, Brenda Via, and Evette C. McCray. It was subsequently revised by Chris Zervas. ... -
Remote sensing of ocean colour in coastal, and other optically-complex, waters.
(International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG), Dartmouth, NS, Canada, 2000)As we understand more about the optical properties of aquatic substances and their influences on ocean colour, it became possible to envisage the use of ocean-colour data to retrieve information on substances other than ... -
Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the Polar Regions - A report to the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology.
(WMO & IOC, Observations Coordination Group (OCG), 2000)In Geneva, December 6-8, 1999, a meeting of experts was held to discuss a JCOMM/GOOS Polar Region Strategy. It was agreed on the importance of developing an integrated Polar Region Strategy Document for JCOMM. This document ... -
IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange: Eighth Session : NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre Greenbelt, MD, United States of America 13-17 March 2000.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2000)During the 8th session of the IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange reviewed the achievements made during the previous inter-sessional period. The Group also adopted a comprehensive workplan and ... -
XBT/XCTD standard test procedures for reliability and performance tests of expendable probes at sea. Revised draft.
(TC SOT, JCOMM Ship Observations Team, 2000)The best way to assure a quality XBT or XCTD is to implement a standard set of procedures for testing the probes. This document proposes a three step process for insuring XBT/XCTD quality: 1. Start with a set of specifications ... -
Guidelines for Vulnerability Mapping of Coastal Zones in the Indian Ocean.
(UNESCO for IOC, Paris, France, 2000)The purpose of this guide is to propose a complete methodological procedure for the creation of a database and a cartographic decision-aid system. It is illustrated by two case studies carried out in the area in the framework ... -
Guidelines for the Study of Shoreline Change in the Western Indian Ocean Region.
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2000)This manual sets out an approach to the identification and monitoring of shoreline change and its causative processes at local and regional scales that is appropriate to the coastal management problems of the region as ... -
Final Report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study, Nunavut, Canada.
(Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Nunavut, Canada, 2000)As mandated by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement of 1993, Inuit knowledge of bowhead whales in Nunavut, Canada was collected by means of 257 individual interviews with 252 Inuit hunters and elders in 18 ... -
Estimation of extreme wind wave heights.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, 2000)This publication provides not simple estimates of extreme wind wave heights, but informative and authoritative support in their decision-making. -
Handbook of Oceanographic Winch, Wire, and Cable Technology, 3rd edition.
(National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC, 2001)This third edition to the Handbook of Oceanographic Winch, Wire and Cable Technology has been prepared to provide a reference and guide for the operation, handling and care of winches, wires, cables and oceanographic ... -
Tidal datums and their applications.
(NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2001)The United Nations declared 1998 to be the International Year of the Ocean. This declaration provides an opportunity to rais e public awareness of a fundamental boundary defined by the intersection of the ocean with ... -
OpenGIS Coordinate Transformation Service Implementation Specification. Version 1.0.
(Open Geospatial Consortium, Wayland, MA, 2001)This Implementation Specification provides interfaces for general positioning, coordinate systems, and coordinate transformations. Coordinates can have any number of dimensions. So this specification can handle 2D and 3D ...