8. Image Credits

Chapter 1: Introduction

Floundering oil tanker off Rio de Janeiro
Ikonos image showing floundering oil tanker off Rio de Janeiro - 15 October 2002
Last access: 14.07.2008
Red tide off Texas coast
MODIS image showing a red tide off the coast of Texas acquired on 29 September 2000
Last access: 19.09.2008
Plastic bottle under water
Plastic bottle under water
Wolcott Henry
Last access: 09.06.2009
Red tide in Mexico
Image of red tide in Gulf of Mexico taken from the NOAA vessel Ron Brown in 2001
Last access: 22.09.2008
Natural petroleum seep
Petroleum seep with oil and gas rising to the surface in the Ojai oil field, Ventura County, California
S. Mulqueen
Last access: 22.09.2008
Sinking tanker
Sinking tanker New Flame
David Parody
Last access: 17.11.2008
Sewage outfall
Ocean outfall at Delray Beach, Florida, United States
Steve Spring
Last access: 10.02.2009
Pesticide application
Pesticide application on leaf lettuce in Yuma, Arizona (USA)
Jeff Vanuga
Last access: 10.11.2008
Storm drain
Curb gutter storm drain
Robert Lawton
Last access: 09.06.2009
Oil tanker
Oil tanker
Last access: 09.06.2009
Car exhaust
Car exhaust
Last access: 24.09.2008
Marine pollution sources
Sources of marine pollution
Last access: 09.06.2009
Whitetip shark
A baby reef whitetip shark at Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Terry Goss
Last access: 09.12.2008
Deep sea coral
Diverse deep sea coral community off Adak Island, Alaska
Alberto Lindner, NOAA/NMFS
Last access: 09.12.2008
Beach in Cape Town, South Africa
People spending their summer holidays at a beach in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Kathleen Reaugh
Last access: 10.02.2009
Snowboarder in the Austrian Alps
A Snowboarder in the Austrian Alps
Christina Klose
Camp dwellers in a desert in Senegal
A camp in the desert of Lompoul, Senegal
G.No
Last access: 09.12.2008
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany
Janusz Jurzyk 2005
Last access: 10.02.2009
Environment cartoon
Cartoon: A salmon panhandling wearing a sign,
"Will work for clean water"

T. McCracken
Last access: 10.02.2009
Maritime surveillance aircraft Dornier 228 LM
Maritime surveillance aircraft Dornier 228 LM
Havariekommando Cuxhaven
ENVISAT
Artist's impression of ESA's ENVISAT satellite
Last access: 03.07.2008
Fuel oil spill
Aerial photograph of scattered patches of heavy fuel oil spreading brown and silver sheen viewed from approx. 1,000 feet (300 m).
Last access: 09.06.2009
Radar image of an oilspill
ASAR wide-swath image acquired 17 November 2002 showing an oil spill originating from the stricken Prestige tanker, lying 100 km off the Spanish coast
Last access: 09.06.2009
A plankton bloom across Ireland captured by ENVISAT
A plankton bloom across Ireland captured by ENVISAT (MERIS)
Last access: 29.01.2009

Supplements

Supplement 1.1: Monitoring and combating marine pollution - Important international organisations and agreements

Marpol signatories
Parties to the MARPOL convention on marine pollution
Last access: 06.07.2010
GIWA regions
Global map of the 66 water regions that are covered by GIWA
Last access: 07.07.2010
Map of the Bonn Agreement area
Map of the Bonn Agreement area
Last access: 07.07.2010
Map of the HELCOM area
Map of the HELCOM area
Last access: 07.07.2010
Aerial photograph of ship dumping waste into the sea
Aerial photograph of ship dumping waste into the sea
Rhett A. Butler,
Last access: 07.07.2010

Supplement 1.1a: MARPOL

IMO
Aerial photograph of ship dumping waste into the sea
Last access: 07.07.2010
Marpol signatories
Parties to the MARPOL convention on marine pollution
Last access: 06.07.2010
Wadden Sea
An example for a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) as designated by the IMO
Last access: 06.07.2010

Supplement 1.1b: GIWA

GIWA regions
Global map of the 66 water regions that are covered by GIWA
Last access: 07.07.2010
GIWA report GIWA report
Front cover of the GIWA final report
Last access: 07.07.2010

Supplement 1.1c: Bonn Agreement

Map of the Bonn Agreement area
Map of the Bonn Agreement area
Last access: 07.07.2010
Bonn Agreement aerial surveillance in 2006
Overview of slicks observed during Bonn Agreement aerial surveillance activities during 2006
Last access: 07.07.2010

Supplement 1.1d: The Helsinki Convention

Baltic Sea Coast
Pollution on the Baltic Sea Coast
Annette L. Olson,
Last access: 07.07.2010
Map of the HELCOM area
Contracting parties of the Helsinki Convention
Last access: 07.07.2010

Supplement 1.1e: The London Convention and Protocol

Worksheets

Worksheet c01-ws01: Discussion Topic: What is Marine Pollution?

drifting TV
Drifting television sets
French Navy
Underwater Litter
Soda tin on the sea floor
Wolcott Henry
Last access: 10.02.2009
Oysters
Pacific oyster reef in the North Sea Achim Wehrmann,
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Sea
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Sea
ESA
Last access: 07.07.2010
Container ship with tilted cargo
Container ship with tilted cargo
ESA
Last access: 07.07.2010
Natural tar seep
Natural tar seep offshore Gaviota, California, in approximately 60-m water depth
Donna Schroeder
Last access: 07.07.2010
Kite surfer
Kite surfer
Tom Burke
Last access: 07.07.2010
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Christina Klose, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Antalya
Antalya, Turkey
Author not given
Last access: 03.03.2009
penguins
Emperor penguins in Antarctica
Josh Landis
Last access: 03.03.2009
Kaohsiong area, Taiwan
Satellite image of the Kaohsiong area, Taiwan
Last access: 03.03.2009
Trawler
Fishing boat in the North Sea
Thomas Badewien, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Coast Guard
US Coast Guard and boat
Michael Anderson, US Coast Guard

Worksheet c01-ws02: Discussion Topic: What is Marine Pollution?

monkeys
The 'three wise monkeys'. Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil
Christina Klose, University of Oldenburg, Germany