Marine Chemical Monitoring: Policies, Techniques and Metrological Principles

Combining laboratory experience with research and policy developments, this book provides an insight into the historical background of marine monitoring, its regulatory frameworks and science-policy interactions.

With experience in the European Commission, the author draws from practical experience in research and policy implementation to present a concise review of marine monitoring on an international level.

The author deals with monitoring and related QA/QC principles, focusing on monitoring types, while describing general features of analytical methods used in marine monitoring.

The book concludes with a discussion about how to achieve metrology principles (measurement traceability) in marine monitoring.