Aquatic Environment Reports

There are two series of aquatic environment reports:

Science Series Aquatic Environment Protection: Analytical Methods: A comparatively new series which complements the Aquatic Environment Monitoring Reports by providing detailed descriptions of the laboratory procedures used in the preparation and analysis of environmental materials.

Science Series Aquatic Environment Monitoring Reports: A series specifically for commentary on data collected under long-term programmes. Normally issued on an annual basis for the major programmes, but reports covering one-off projects are also produced.

Science Series Aquatic Environment Protection: Analytical Methods

• 13. National Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control Scheme (NMBAQC) Review of Standard Operating Procedures (2002) (PDF, 178 KB)
• 12. Methods for Analysis for Hydrocarbons and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Marine Sample (2001) (PDF 1.6 MB)
• 11. Methods for analysis of trace metals in marine and other samples (1994) (PDF 1.09 MB)
• 10. Analysis of environmental materials using gamma spectrometry (1993) (PDF 131 KB)
• 9. An automated NaI 'Well' counting system for the determination of radiocaesium (1993) (PDF 719 KB)
• 8. The determination of technetium-99 in environmental materials (1991) (PDF, 223 KB)
• 7. The determination of alpha-emitting nuclides of plutonium, americium and curium in environmental materials: Part 1. Sea water (1989) (PDF 1.3 MB)
• 5. Analytical procedures for the determination of strontium radionuclides in environmental materials (1989) (PDF, 1.33 MB)
• 4. The determination of total tin and organotin compounds in environmental samples (1989) (PDF, 0.9 MB)
• 1. Analytical procedures for the determination of neptunium radionuclides in marine waters, sediments and biota (1988) (PDF, 1.43 MB)

Science Series Aquatic Environment Monitoring Reports

• 61. Environmental monitoring conducted in Lyme Bay following the grounding of MSC Napoli in January 2007, with an assessment of impact (PDF, 2.39 MB)
• 60. Monitoring of the quality of the marine environment, 2005-2006 (PDF, 2.22 MB)
• 59. Monitoring of the quality of the marine environment, 2004-2005 (PDF, 3.10 MB)
• 58. Monitoring of the quality of the marine environment, 2003-2004 (PDF, 14.6 MB)
• 57. Monitoring of the quality of the marine environment, 2002-2003 (PDF, 5.01 MB)
• 56. Monitoring of the quality of the marine environment, 2000-2001 (PDF, 4.50 MB)
• 55. Final Report of The Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal Monitoring Task Team (PDF, 878 KB)
• 54. Monitoring of the quality of the marine environment, 1999-2000 (PDF, 4.75 MB)
• 53. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1998 (2001) (PDF, 2.7 MB)
• 52. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1997 (2000) (PDF, 3.1 MB)
• 51. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1995 and 1996 (1998) (PDF, 3.7 MB)
• 50. Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group. Seventh Report of the Group Co-ordinating Sea Disposal Monitoring. (1997) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• 49. Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group. The Group Co-ordinating Sea Disposal Monitoring. Final Report of the Metals Task Team and the Organics Task Team. (1997) (PDF, 0.5 MB)
• 48.Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group. The Group Co-ordinating Sea Disposal Monitoring. Final Report of the Sediment Bioassay Task Team. (1997) (PDF, 0.6 MB)
• 47. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1994 (1997) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• 46. Monitoring for diseases in marine and freshwater fish, 1992 (1995) (PDF, 0.2 MB)
• 45. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1994 (1995) (PDF, 1.1 MB) Now published in the series "Radioactivity in Food and the Environment"
• 44. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1993 (1995) (PDF, 0.4 MB)
• 43. Sixth report of the Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group's Group Co-ordinating Sea Disposal Monitoring (1994) (PDF 0.5 MB)
• 42. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1993 (1994) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• 41. Monitoring for diseases in marine and freshwater fish, 1991 (1994) (PDF, 0.2 MB)
• 40. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1992 (1994) (PDF, 0.8 MB)
• 39. Fifth report of the Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group's Group Co-ordinating Sea Disposal Monitoring (1993) (PDF, 0.3 MB)
• 38. Radioactivity in Surface and Coastal Waters of the British Isles, 1992 (PDF, 0.4 MB)
• 37. Analysis and interpretation on benthic community data at sewage-sludge disposal sites (1993) (PDF, 0.9 MB)
• 36. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1991 (1993) (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• 35. Monitoring and surveillance of biological contaminants and disease in the aquatic environment 1990 (1993) (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• 34. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1991 (1993) (PDF, 5 MB)
• 33. Environmental Impact of marine colliery waste disposal operations on the seabed off Seaham, County Durham (1993) (PDF, 3 MB)
• 32. Radioactivity in the Irish Sea. A report prepared for the Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group (1993) (PDF, 5 MB)
• 31. Fourth report of the Marine Pollution Monitoring Group's Group Co-ordinating Sea Disposal Monitoring (1992) (PDF, 2.7 MB)
• 30. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea, 1990 (1992) (PDF, 5.7 MB)
• 29. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1990 (1992) (PDF, 2.7 MB)
• 28. Benthic studies at dredged material disposal sites in Liverpool Bay (1992) (PDF, 3.8 MB)
• 27. Third report of the Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group's Co-ordinating Group on Monitoring of Sewage-Sludge Disposal Sites (1991) (PDF, 4.2 MB)
• 26. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment and activities regulating the disposal of wastes at sea 1988-89 (1991) (PDF, 6 MB)
• 25. Second report of the Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group's Co-ordinating Group on Monitoring of Sewage-Sludge Disposal Sites (1991) (PDF, 4.3 MB)
• 24. Utility of experimental measures of biological effects for monitoring marine sewage-sludge disposal sites (1990) (PDF, 4.7 MB)
• 23. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1989 (1990) (PDF, 7.3 MB)
• 22. Monitoring and surveillance of non-radioactive contaminants in the aquatic environment, 1984-1987 (1990) (PDF, 3.31 MB)
• 21. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1988 (1989) (PDF, 5.0 MB)
• 20. First report of the Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group's Co-ordinating Group on Monitoring of Sewage-Sludge Disposal Sites (1989) (PDF, 3.26 MB)
• 19. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1987 (1988) (PDF, 3.65 MB)
• 18. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1986 (1987) (PDF, 4.6 MB)
• 17. Irish Sea status report of the Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group (1987) (PDF, 3.83 MB)
• 16. The concentration of metals, organochlorine pesticide and PCB residues in marine fish and shellfish: results from MAFF fish and shellfish monitoring programmes, 1977-1984 (1987) (PDF, 2.25 MB)
• 15. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles. Monitoring fallout from the Chernobyl reactor accident (1986) (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• 14. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1985 (1986) (PDF, 3.8 MB)
• 13. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1984 (1985) (PDF, 3.6 MB)
• 12. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1983 (1985) (PDF, 3.5 MB)
• 11. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1982 (1984) (PDF, 3.0 MB)
• 9 . Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1981 (1983) (PDF 2.9 MB)
• 8. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1980 (1982) (PDF, 2.9 MB)
• 7. A review of nutrient salt and trace metal data in U.K. tidal waters (1982) (PDF, 1.08 MB)
• 6. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1979 (1980) (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• 4. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1978 (1980) (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• 3. Radioactivity in surface and coastal waters of the British Isles, 1977 (1979) (PDF, 2.7 MB)
• 2. Metals organochlorine pesticides and PCB residue levels in fish and shellfish landed in England and Wales during 1974 (1979) (PDF, 433 KB)
• 1. Chemical monitoring of residue levels in fish and shellfish landed in England and Wales during 1970-73 (1979) (PDF, 3.51 MB)