| General info | |
| Project title | Oil and herbicide pollution in the Black Sea : detection and biological impact |
| Project reference | INCO - Copernicus Project, IC15-CT-1996-00105 |
| Associated programme | INCO - Copernicus Project |
| Begin date | 1997-06-01 |
| End date | 2000-05-31 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coverage | Black Sea |
| Sea area (C19) | Black Sea |
| Description | |
| Data-themes (P08) | Biological oceanography,Chemical oceanography,Environment |
| Abstract | The research was focused on the North and North-West sectors of the Black sea and on the deltas of the three major Black sea tributaries: Danube, Dnieper, Dniester. Two types of pollutants were selected for monitoring: oils representing industry/transportation of produced pollutants and herbicides representing pollutants originating from the agricultural sector. The project assessed the potential of total pollutants contained in the water to generate biological damage in the laboratory by unspecific, highly sensitive algal bioassay and in the sea by monitoring response of benthic organisms. It developed novel low-cost techniques for detection of oil and herbicide pollution. Unspecific bioassays were used to estimate the biological impact of the pollutants. |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Odessa National I.I.Mechnikov University
|
| Country of Coordinator | Ukraine |
| Contact name | Igor A. Suchkov |
| Title | Dr. |
| Contact organisation | Odessa National I.I.Mechnikov University
|
| Phone | +38 048 263 33 17 |
| Fax | +38 048 731 73 83 |
| Email | marine@paco.net |
| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 10408 |
| Collating centre | Marine Hydrophysical Institute
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| Latest update | 2008-11-21 |
