Advances in Marine Biology

Professor Charles Sheppard holds a half-time position of Professor in the School of Life Sciences at The University of Warwick, UK. The remainder of his time he works for a range of UN , Governmental and aid agencies in tropical marine and coastal development issues. He advises several governments on marine and coastal management and science, including the UK Government on its tropical Overseas Territories. He has organised and led the scientific input to the 2010 creation of the world's largest fully protected marine researce, in the Chagos archipelago, Indian Ocean, where a lot of his research has been focussed. The other main geographical area of research is the Arabian region. PhD University of Durham 1976.

1. The Potential Impact of Hydrocarbons on Mussels in Port au Port Bay, Newfoundland Melissa C. Cook, Adam May, Lucas Kohl, Geert Van Biesen, Christopher C. Parrish and Penny L. Morrill 2. Occurrence, Impact, Analysis and Treatment of Metformin and Guanylurea in Coastal Aquatic Environments of Canada, USA and Europe Yunwen Tao, Bing Chen, Baiyu Zhang, Zhiwen Zhu and Qinhong Cai 3. Characterization of Nitrogen-Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Heterocycles in Crude Oils and Refined Petroleum Products Gong Zhang, Chun Yang, Mariam Serhan, Graeme Koivu, Zeyu Yang, Bruce Hollebone, Patrick Lambert and Carl E. Brown 4. Fate and Transport Modelling of Emerging Pollutants from Watersheds to Oceans: A Review Arpana Rani Datta, Qiao Kang, Bing Chen and Xudong Ye 5. Modification of Hexachlorobenzene to Molecules with Lower Long-Range Transport Potentials Using 3D-QSAR Models with a Full Factor Experimental Design Meijin Du, Wenwen Gu, Xixi Li, Fuqiang Fan and Yu Li 6. Brominated Flame Retardants, Microplastics, and Biocides in the Marine Environment: Recent Updates of Occurrence, Analysis, and Impacts Weiyun Lin, Xixi Li, Min Yang, Kenneth Lee, Bing Chen and Baiyu Zhang 7. Synthetic Musks: A Class of Commercial Fragrance Additives in Personal Care Products (PCPs) Causing Concern as Emerging Contaminants Xixi Li, Zhenhua Chu, Jiawen Yang, Minghao Li, Meijin Du, Xiaohui Zhao, Zhiwen Zhu and Yu Li