Browsing Programa de Doctorat en Ciències del Mar by Subject "54"

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Daphnia magna bioassays to detect novel eco-toxicological effects of prioritary and emergent contaminants

Campos, Bruno (Date of defense: 2014-01-10)

There is increasing evidence that the presence of many emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems may have detrimental effects on aquatic biota. Of special concern are those emerging pollutants that may act as putative ...

Distribution and partitioning of organic pollutants and effects in coastal birds

Vicente de Bobes, Joana (Date of defense: 2013-11-14)

Coastal areas are very susceptible to contamination due to the interaction of marine and anthropogenic processes. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds very resistent to photolysis and chemical and ...

Effects of atmospheric deposition on microbial dynamics and composition in two anthropogenically-influenced contrasted coastal sites

Marín Beltrán, Isabel (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)

The Mediterranean Sea is an oligotrophic basin, while the atmosphere above is affected by continuous emissions of anthropogenic aerosols and episodic Saharan dust events. These atmospheric inputs finally deposit (as wet ...

Nuevas aproximaciones toxicológicas para la detección de disruptores endocrinos y lipídicos en ecosistemas mediterráneos y sistemas celulares

Blanco Rubio, María (Date of defense: 2018-03-20)

Chemical compounds derived from human activities continuously reach aquatic systems, where they are available to the organisms that inhabit them. Traditionally, environmental risk assessment has been based on the chemical ...

Optical propertiers of the dissolved organic matter as tracers of microbiological and geochemical processes in marine ecosystems

Romera Castillo, Cristina (Date of defense: 2011-10-07)

Oceans store 685 Pg of organic carbon of which 662 Pg are in a dissolved form. The diversity of compounds that make up the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool and the low concentration of each compound make the chemical ...

Remobilització dels contaminants orgànics persistents en els ecosistemes polars costaners

Casal Rodríguez, Paulo (Date of defense: 2018-11-12)

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) constitute an heterogeneous group of chemical substances of great environmental relevance. Its persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport potential and negative effects on health ...

Sediment dynamics and associated heavy metals in small river-and wave-dominated inner shelf (Barcelona city, Nw Mediterranean)

López Fernández, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-10-24)

Wave storms and river inputs have been found to be the dominant forcing mechanism of sediment transport in continental shelves dominated by medium to large rivers around the world (e.g. Drake and Cacchione, 1985; Sherwood ...