In light of recent developments of the onboard ballast water treatment, WMR has developed a new protocol for the assessment of ecotoxicological effects and aims to use it as a standardised test. This study looks into the validation of this short-chronic ELS fish toxicity test, by use of the embryonic …

Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are the smallest cetaceans in the North Sea. They have recovered from being rare to nowadays being present throughout the year in numbers reaching to 80 000 in the Dutch sector or the North Sea. The only area where studies were conducted prior to the disappearance …