[EBOOK] Isotopes in Environmental Studies, Printed by the IAEA in Austria

A better understanding of key processes in the aquatic environment, responsible for its future development and its protection, were at the forefront of the IAEA’s International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies - AQUATIC FORUM 2004 convened in Monaco from 25 to 29 October 2004, which was the most important gathering of the year of isotope environmental scientists. The conference was organised by the IAEA’s Marine Environment Laboratory in cooperation with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO, the Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée (CIESM), and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The conference was hosted by the Principality of Monaco. Over 320 experts from 60 IAEA Member States and 6 international organizations delivered 185 oral presentations in 6 plenary and 31 parallel sessions and made 130 poster presentations.

Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Conference were: R.F.C. Mantoura, IAEA-MEL, Monaco; P.K. Aggarwal, IAEA, Vienna; A. Aureli, IHP, Paris; M. Boisson, CSM, Monaco; F. Briand, CIESM, Monaco; K.R. Sreenivasan, ICTP, Trieste; U. Unluata, IOC, Paris. The Scientific Secretary of the Conference was P.P. Povinec.

The conference reviewed the present state of the art isotopic methods for investigation of the aquatic environment. The main conference subjects considered were: (i) behaviour, transport and distribution of isotopes in the aquatic environment; (ii) climate change studies using isotopic records in the marine environment; (iii) groundwater dynamics, modelling and management of freshwater sources; (iv) important global projects, such as WOCE, WOMARS, SHOTS, GEOTRACES; (v) joint IAEA-UNESCO submarine groundwater investigations in the Mediterranean Sea, the Southwest Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; (vi) new trends in radioecological investigations, concentrating on the protection of marine biota against radioactive contamination; (vii) transfers in analytical technologies from bulk analyses to particle and compound specific analyses of environmental samples; (viii) development of new isotopic techniques, such as AMS and ICPMS, and their successful applications in environmental studies; and many other exciting topics which were presented and discussed during the Conference.

Four workshops were held simultaneously:

•    ATOMS-Med Workshop - development of a project proposal for oceanographic investigations in the Eastern Mediterranean.

•    El Nino - Research Co-ordination Meeting of the new IAEA Coordinated Research Project investigating climate change using isotopic records in the marine environment.

•    CELLAR Workshop - Collaboration of European Low-Level Underground Laboratories.

•    GSI Workshop on Groundwater- Seawater Interactions in coastal zones, organized in cooperation with the IAPSO Commission on Groundwater-Seawater Interactions.

These proceedings contain papers presented during the conference in oral and poster sessions. Several papers presented orally during the conference have been submitted by the authors for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity book series, published by Elsevier. It is hoped that these publications will contribute to the research in isotopes in environmental studies, which will make the use of isotopes more widespread, and will further stimulate work in this exciting field.

The IAEA officers responsible for this publication were P.P. Povinec and J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza of the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratory.

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