Edward D. Goldberg's proposal of "the Mussel Watch": Reflections after 40years. Academic Article

abstract

• We chronicle the extensive influence over the past forty years of Professor Edward D. Goldberg and his call in 1975 for a "Mussel Watch" or bivalve sentinel organism approach to assess geographic status and temporal trends of several chemicals of environmental concern in the coastal ocean. Examples of local, regional, national and international programs are discussed briefly as are examples of interesting useful findings and limitations to the Mussel Watch concept. Mussel Watch continues to provide useful data about status and trends of chemical contamination in coastal ecosystems.

authors

• Knap, Anthony
• Wade, Terry

published proceedings

• Mar Pollut Bull

author list (cited authors)

• Farrington, J. W., Tripp, B. W., Tanabe, S., Subramanian, A., Sericano, J. L., Wade, T. L., & Knap, A. H.

citation count

• 131

complete list of authors

• Farrington, John W||Tripp, Bruce W||Tanabe, Shinsuke||Subramanian, Annamalai||Sericano, José L||Wade, Terry L||Knap, Anthony H

publication date

• September 2016

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Bivalvia
• Chemical Contaminants
• Ecosystem
• Edward Goldberg
• Environmental Monitoring
• History, 20th Century
• History, 21st Century
• Mussel Watch
• Shellfish
• United States
• Water Pollutants, Chemical

PubMed Central ID

• 27339743

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.074

start page

• 501

end page

• 510

volume

• 110

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.marpolbul.2016.05.074

user-defined tag

• 14 Life Below Water