Edward D. Goldberg

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A significant innovation in Goldberg's research was the suggestion, implemented in Mussel Watch and now commonplace in marine chemistry, of using mussels to measure pollutant levels. For instance, Mills writes, "Measurements of metals by direct chemical analysis in water and sediment arelimited in reliability. Consequently, after the initial suggestion by Goldberg (1975), many studies have utilised mussels to assess metals in the environment. Mussels have been suggested to be the ideal bioindicator organism in biomonitoring studies due to their sessile filter-feeding life style, coupled with their abilities to accumulate metals to much higher concentrations than those found in water and to not metabolise metals appreciably." [citation|title=The use of transplanted brown mussels (Perna perna) as indicators of marine health in Richards Bay harbour|last=Mills|first=Kerry Anne|series=Ph.D. thesis|url=http://etd.rau.ac.za/theses/available/etd-09012006-094821/|publisher=University of Johannesburg|year=2006|page=4–2.]

Awards and honors

In 1984 he won the first Bostwick H. Ketchum Award, given by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, both for his leadership in environmental quality research and for his efforts to translate that research into policy. [ [http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7616&tid=282&cid=23307 First Ketchum Award Presented to Internationally-Known Marine Geochemist] , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Newsletter, April/May 1984.] In 1989 he won the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work on marine pollution, ["Crutzen, Goldberg are Tyler Prize recipients", Daily News of Los Angeles, May 21, 1989.] and the Roger Revelle Award of the San Diego Oceans Foundation. [ [http://www.sdoceans.org/top_about_roger_revelle_award.html Roger Revelle Award] , San Diego Oceans Foundation.] In 1999, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography gave Goldberg the first Ruth Patrick Award for Environmental Problem Solving in the Aquatic Sciences. Goldberg was also a Fellow of the Meteoritical Society [ [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1953Metic...1...96R Notices from the Secretary of the Meteoritical Society] , "Meteoritics and Planetary Science", vol. 1, p. 96, 1953.] and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the United States National Academy of Sciences. ["Academy of Sciences Picks 59 Members and 12 Associates", New York Times, April 27, 1980.]

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