Session I: Metalloids and the Hydride Generation. - The Determination of the Chemical Species of Some of the Hydride Elements (Arsenic Antimony Tin and Germanium) in Sea Water: Methodology and Results. - Antimony Content and Speciation in the Water Column and Interstitial Waters of Saanich Inlet. - Ultratrace Speciation and Biogenesis of Methyltin Transport Species in Estuarine Waters. - The Relationship of the Distribution of Dissolved Selenium IV and VI in Three Oceans to Physical and Biological Processes. - Session II: Arctic Chemistry. - Trace Metals in the Arctic Ocean. - Copper in Sub-Arctic Waters of the Pacific Northwest. - Low Level Determination of Trace Metals in Arctic Sea Water and Snow by Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry. - The Relationship between Distributions of Dissolved Cadmium Iron and Aluminium and Hydrography in the Central Arctic Ocean. - Session III: Intercalibration Exercise. - Intercomparison of Seawater Sampling Devices for Trace Metals. - The Analysis of Trace Metals in Biological Reference Materials: A Discussion of the Results of the Intercomparison Studies Conducted by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. - An Intercomparison of Sampling Devices and Analytical Techniques Using Sea Water from a CEPEX Enclosure. - Session IV: Estuarine Processes Involving Metals. - Role of Fresh Water/Sea Water Mixing on Trace Metal Adsorption Phenomena. - Effects of Particle Size and Density on the Transport of Metals to the Oceans. - The Effect of Sewage Effluents on the Flocculation of Major and Trace Elements in a Stratified Estuary. - Impoverishment and Decrease of Metallic Elements Associated with Suspended Matter in the Gironde Estuary. - The Significance of the River Input of Chemical Elements to the Ocean. - Session V:Air/Sea Exchange and Coastal Processes Involving Metals. - Air-Sea Exchange of Mercury. - Separation of Copper and Nickel by Low Temperature Processes. - The Fate of Particles and Particle-Reactive Trace Metals in Coastal Waters: Radioisotope Studies in Microcosms. - Trace Metals in a Landlocked Intermittently Anoxic Basin. - Session VI: Ocean Distribution and Analysis. - Thorium Isotope Distributions in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. - Aspects of the Surface Distributions of Copper Nickel Cadmium and Lead in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. - Mn Ni Cu Zn and Cd in the Western North Atlantic. - Some Recent Measurements of Trace Metals in Atlantic Ocean Waters. - Determination of the Rare Earth Elements in Sea Water. - The Cycle of Living and Dead Particulate Organic Matter in the Pelagic Environment in Relation to Trace Metals. - Trace Metal Levels in Sea Water from the Skagerrak and the Kattegat. - Mercury Concentrations in the North Atlantic in Relation to Cadmium Aluminium and Oceanographic Parameters. - Perturbations of the Natural Lead Depth Profile in the Sargasso Sea by Industrial Lead. - Copper Nickel and Cadmium in the Surface Waters of the Mediterranean. - Accurate and Precise Analysis of Trace Levels of Cu Cd Pb Zn Fe and Ni in Sea Water by Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry. - Session VII: Chemical Speciation. - Studies of the Chemical Forms of Trace Elements in Sea Water Using Radiotracers. - Trace Metals (Fe Cu Zn Cd) in Anoxic Environments. - The Behavior of Trace Metals in Marine Anoxic Waters: Solubilities at the Oxygen-Hydrogen Sulfide Interface. - Variations of Dissolved Organic Copper in Marine Waters. - Trace Metals Speciation in Nearshore Anoxic and Suboxic Pore Waters. - The Contrasting Geochemistry of Manganese and Chromium in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. - Potentialities and Applications of Voltammetry in Chemical Speciation of Trace Metals in the Sea. - Studies of Cadmium Copper and Zinc Interactions with Marine Fulvic and Humic Materials in Seawater Using Anodic Stripping Voltammetry. - Chemical Periodicity and the Speciation and Cycling of the Elements. - Potentiometric and Conformational Studies of the Acid-Base Properties of Fulvic Acid from Natural Waters. - Copper Speciation in Marine Waters. - Session VIII: Metals and the Biosphere. - Plankton Compositions and Trace Element Fluxes from the Surface Ocean. - Metals in Seawater as Recorded by Mussels. - Trace Elements and Primary Production: Problems Effects and Solutions. - Trace Metals and Plankton in the Oceans: Facts and Speculations. - Sensitivity of Natural Bacterial Communities to Additions of Copper and to Cupric Ion Activity: A Bioassay of Copper Complexation in Seawater. - List of Participants. - Index of Authors. Language: English