Meet the editor

Houma Bachari Fouzia is a professor of oceanography, marine environment, and remote sensing. She has a PhD from the University of Science and Technology, Houari Boumediene, Algiers. She has a second doctoral degree in Sciences of the Universe and Environment, specializing in remote sensing and geography, from the University of Paris-Est Créteil, France. She has published 50 works in the field of monitoring marine pollution and

 remote sensing. She is the head of a research team, thesis supervisor of several PhD students working in various disciplines of marine science, such as ecotoxicology, impact studies, and remote sensing, and is the head of the research project "The Anthropogenic Impacts on the Marine and Coastal Environment." Prof. Fouzia is also involved in the monitoring of marine environment parameters, contributes to satellite measurements for the modeling of variables, and is a project manager integrating GIS satellite data and in situ measurements for monitoring the quality of coastal waters (modeling of ocean parameters). She has worked on 60 Projects related to graduations and masters on marine environmental science and coastal management. Prof. Fouzia was a member of the international project MerMex Marine Ecosystems Response in the Mediterranean Experiment 2010–2020 and is currently a member of the European research project Marine Database Management for Algeria and a member of the European research project Seadata, European Infrastructure of Oceanographic Data Management.

She is also the team leader of the "Ecotoxicology and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Marine Environment" Laboratory of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems and a director of the international journal *MarineScor*, Marine and Coastal Sciences Research.

Contents

*and Bachari Nour El Islam*

A Mexican Perspective

*and Guadalupe Ponce-Vélez*

Technologies

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 57**

**Chapter 5 77**

**Chapter 6 95**

**Chapter 7 111**

The Hazards of Monitoring Ecosystem Ocean Health in the Gulf of Mexico:

*by Luis A. Soto, Alejandro Estradas-Romero, Diana L. Salcedo, Alfonso V. Botello* 

*by Houma Fouzia, Boufeniza Redouane Larbi, Adem Amina, Chabi Nacera* 

Detection and Monitoring of Marine Pollution Using Remote Sensing

*by Sidrah Hafeez, Man Sing Wong, Sawaid Abbas, Coco Y.T. Kwok,* 

*Janet Nichol, Kwon Ho Lee, Danling Tang and Lilian Pun*

Sediment and Organisms as Marker for Metal Pollution

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Eutrophication in Marine Ecosystems *by Lucy Ngatia, Johnny M. Grace III, Daniel Moriasi and Robert Taylor*

*Wanjeri Veronica Ogolla Wayayi, Mwalugha Catherine Sezi, Kombo Mokeira Maureen, Stephen Mwangi and Nancy Oduor*

Decadal Pollution Assessment and Monitoring along the Kenya Coast *by Eric Ochieng Okuku, Kiteresi Linet Imbayi, Owato Gilbert Omondi,* 

*by Ong Meng Chuan and Kamaruzzaman Yunus*

Oil Spill Dispersion Forecasting Models

*by Antigoni Zafirakou*

Introductory Chapter: Marine Monitoring Pollution
