TABLE OF CONTENTS 
TITLE PAGE 
Preparation and Characterization of a Marine Reference Material 1 
for Trace Element Determinations 
The Release of Heavy Metals from Reducing Marine Sediments 9 
The Use of Introduced Species ( Mytilus edulis ) as a Biological 26 
Indicator of Trace Metal Contamination in an Estuary 
Trace Metal Speciation and Toxicity in Phytoplankton Cultures 38 
A Simple Elution Technique for the Analysis of Copper in 62 
Neanthes arenaceodentata 
Geochemistry of Fossil Fuel Hydrocarbons in Marine Sediments: 68 
Selected Aspects 
Identification of Environmental Genetic Toxicants with Cultured 79 
Mammalian Cells 
Development of a Bioassay for Oils Using Brown Algae 101 
Effects of No. 2 Heating Oil on Filtration Rate of Blue Mussels, 112 
Mytilus edulis Linne 
Lobster Behavior and Chemoreception: Sublethal Effects of 122 
Number 2 Fuel Oil 
Influence of No. 2 Fuel Oil on Survival and Reproduction of 135 
Four Marine Invertebrates 
Extraction of Environmental Information Stored in Molluscan 157 
Shells: Application to Ecological Problems 
Laboratory Culture of Marine Fish Larvae and Their Role in 176 
Marine Environmental Research 
Laboratory Culture of the Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes vulgaris 206 
Evaluation of Various Diets on the Lipid and Protein Composition 214 
of Early Life Stages of the Atlantic Silverside 
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