| | Report of the Working Group on Biological Effects of |
| | 2,65 | | MB | Contaminants (WGBEC) |
| | 86 | | stron |
| | 2073 | | ID | International Council for the Explorations of the Sea |
| | 2004 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | 1 Opening of the meeting 5 |
| | 2 Appointment of Rapporteurs. 5 |
| | 3 Adoption of the agenda 5 |
| | 4 Evaluate the use of biological effects methods in national monitoring programmes . 5 |
| | 5 Draft guidelines for integrated biological and chemical effects monitoring .. 9 |
| | 6 Identify activities to summarise the effects of contaminants on North Sea biota.. 10 |
| | 7 Assess potential biological effects of increasing metal levels in North Sea biota. 11 |
| | 8 A review of monitoring activities following the "prestige" oil spill 12 |
| | 9 Produced water in the North Sea - levels, effects and monitoring requirements .. 12 |
| | 9.1 Norwegian activities - regional programme (field sampling).. 13 |
| | 9.2 Norwegian activities - site-specific monitoring (caging) .. 15 |
| | 9.3 UK activities - screening of effluents.. 17 |
| | 10 Review of progress with TIMES.. 17 |
| | 11 Consider progress with relevant national, international and EU activities 18 |
| | 11.1 BEEP . 18 |
| | 11.2 ENDIS-RISK .. 19 |
| | 11.3 GENIPOL (Genomic tools for pollution assessment).. 20 |
| | 12 Progress on new biological effects techniques in genomics and proteomics - their use for |
| | monitoring purposes .. 20 |
| | 13 Evaluation of methods for histopathology and biomarkers in invertebrates 21 |
| | 13.1 Bivalves . 21 |
| | 13.2 Crustaceans .. 24 |
| | 14 Review criteria and update tables for recommended and promising methods for biological effects |
| | monitoring.. 26 |
| | 15 Review problems related to chronic exposure. 32 |
| | 16 Identify additional biological effects components for OSPAR CEMP .. 33 |
| | 17 Progress with QA/QC procedures . 34 |
| | 18 Review information on biological effects of endocrine disruptors 35 |
| | 19 Reconsider the formulation of the ECOQ element on imposex in the dogwhelk.. 36 |
| | 20 Plans for collaboration with WGSAEM. 41 |
| | 21 Any other business .. 41 |
| | 21.1 Review the outcome from the OSPAR workshop on BRC/EAC 41 |
| | 21.2 Biological effects in the ICES database .. 42 |
| | 21.3 Biomarkers and bioassays in the WFD 42 |
| | 21.4 Relevant sessions at the 2003 and 2004 ICES ASCs 43 |
| | 22 Recommendations and actions list 43 |
| | 22.1 Recommendations. 43 |
| | 22.2 Action list.. 44 |
| | 23 Adoption of report and closure of meeting 44 |
| | 24 References 44 |