Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments

Abstract

1 Sea Water as an Electrolyte.- 2 The Chemical and Physical Properties of Marine Aerosols: An Introduction.- 3 Photochemical Processes in the Euphotic Zone of Sea Water: Progress and Problems.- 4 Sedimentary Organic Matter Preservation and Atmospheric O2 Regulation.- 5 Particulate Organic Matter Composition and Fluxes in the Sea.- 6 Diagenesis of Organic Matter at the Water-Sediment Interface.- 7 Sedimentary Geochemistry of the Carbonate and Sulphide Systems and their Potential Influence on Toxic Metal Bioavailability.- 8 Speciation of Metals in Natural Water.- 9 Binding Ability of Inorganic Major Components of Sea Water toward some Classes of Ligands, Metal and Organometallic Cations.- 10 Equilibrium Analysis, the Ionic Medium Method and Activity Factors.- 11 Acid-Base Equilibria in Saline Media: Application of the Mean Spherical Approximation.- 12 Modelling of Natural Fluids: Are the Available Databases Adequate for this Purpose?.- 13 Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Marine Environment.- 14 Chemistry of Organic Toxicants in Marine Environment.- 15 Toxic Effects of Organometallic Compounds towards Marine Biota.- 16 Flow Injection Techniques for the in situ Monitoring of Marine Processes.- 17 Luminescence for the Analysis of Organic Compounds in Natural Waters.- 18 Affinity Electrochemical Biosensors for Pollution Control.- 19 Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions Using Stable Carbon Isotopes and Organic Biomarkers.- 20 Studies of Water Masses Mixing in the Ross Sea (Antarctica) Using Chemical Tracers.- 21 Solid Speciation and Selective Extraction Procedures: Trace Metal Distribution and Speciation in Coastal Sediments of the Adriatic Sea.- 22 Organic Matter Sources and Dynamics in Northern Adriatic Coastal Water.