The ocean covers about 70% of the earth surface providing a diverse living environment for invertebrates [1]. Therefore, marine natural products will play a major role in drug discovery in the future. The work on marine natural products started 59 years ago when Bergman discovered the novel bioactive Arabino-nucleoside from marine sponge Cryptotethya crypta [2]. This discovery encouraged natura...

Since the mass production of plastics began in the 1940s, microplastic contamination of the marine environment has been a growing problem. Here, a review of the literature has been conducted with the following objectives: (1) to summarise the properties, nomenclature and sources of microplastics; (2) to discuss the routes by which microplastics enter the marine environment; (3) to evaluate the ...

Foreword There is a great need for more knowledge of the effects on the marine environment of discharges to the sea from the offshore oil and gas industry. The long-term effects in particular are of great interest, as we know very little about them. More knowledge is thus essential if the authorities are to be able to control the development of this sector and to coordinate the exploitation of ...

Citation: Smith CJ, Papadopoulou K-N, Barnard S, Mazik K, Elliott M, Patrício J, Solaun O, Little S, Bhatia N and Borja A (2016) Managing the Marine Environment, Conceptual Models and Assessment Considerations for the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:144. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00144 Managing the Marine Environment, Conceptual Models and Assessment Consideration...

The frequency and scale of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) and marine algal toxin incidents have been increasing and spreading in the past two decades, causing damages to the marine environment and threatening human life through contaminated seafood. To better understand the effect of HAB and marine algal toxins on marine environment and human health in China, this paper overviews HAB occurrence and ...

1 Marine Research Centre, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki, Finland, 2 MariLim Aquatic Research GmbH, Schönkirchen, Germany, 3 European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate for Sustainable Resources, D.2 Water and Marine Resources Unit, Ispra, Italy, 4 Bioscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark, 5 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lo...

1 Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan, 2 Department of Biodivesity, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan, 3 Marine Works Japan LTD, Yokosuka, Japan, 4 Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan, 5 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technolog...

the coastal region of chabahar gulf with 1113.7km2 area has been located in the southeast of iran. in this research, satellite images of etm+ (2004) were used in order to zoning of sedimentary environments in this gulf. methodology of this research was baesd on synthesis of supervised and unsupervised classifications in gis and envi softwares. based on studies and calculation of oif index, the ...