Development and Characterization of Sea Anemones as Bioindicators of Off Shore Resource Exploitation and Environmental Impact

Cnidiarians are primarily marine organisms with wide habitat diversity. They play important roles in marine environments, particularly in coral reefs. This report examines specific known stress-related parameters that can provide environmental managers, researchers & regulatory agencies with: sub-lethal, early warning detection of environmental stress; a means of demonstrating, assigning & delineating zones of ecological impact from point- & nonpoint-source pollution; & quantifiable biomarkers of integrative stress load & ecological health through characterization of biochem. responses with high potential for assessing the limits of natural & inadvertent stress. Tables.Winston, Gary W. is the author of 'Development and Characterization of Sea Anemones as Bioindicators of Off Shore Resource Exploitation and Environmental Impact', published 2001 under ISBN 9780756716295 and ISBN 0756716292.