Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth Laboratory, Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, United Kingdom.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2010 Oct;60(10):1647-51. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.005. Epub 2010 Jul 6.
The use of biological effects tools offer enormous potential to meet the challenges outlined by the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) whereby Member States are required to develop a robust set of tools for defining 11 qualitative descriptors of Good Environmental Status (GES), such as demonstrating that "Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects" (GES Descriptor 8). This paper discusses the combined approach of monitoring chemical contaminant levels, along side biological effect measurements relating to the effect of pollutants, for undertaking assessments of GES across European marine regions. We outline the minimum standards that biological effects tools should meet if they are to be used for defining GES in relation to Descriptor 8 and describe the current international initiatives underway to develop assessment criteria for these biological effects techniques.
生物效应工具的使用为应对欧盟海洋战略框架指令（MSFD）所概述的挑战提供了巨大的潜力，根据该指令，成员国需要开发一套强有力的工具，用于定义 11 个良好环境状况（GES）的定性描述符，例如证明“污染物浓度处于不会引起污染影响的水平”（GES 描述符 8）。本文讨论了结合监测化学污染物水平和与污染物影响相关的生物效应测量的方法，用于对欧洲海洋区域的 GES 进行评估。我们概述了生物效应工具如果要用于定义与描述符 8 相关的 GES 应满足的最低标准，并描述了目前正在进行的国际倡议，以制定这些生物效应技术的评估标准。
