The SEEME project has also served to train university students. In this sense, the student Pilar Ponce Roa, from the University Master’s Degree in Oceanography, has carried out her final master’s degree work in our Pollution Group at the Oceanographic Centre of Vigo (www.marinepollutionieo.org). The study is entitled “The cycle
During the DGT2023 international congress, which brings together world experts in the use of passive samplers of environmental pollutants, our colleague Juan Santos presented a paper entitled “The utility of passive samplers to monitor changes in trace metal levels in a coastal lagoon under different singular environmental events”. This work highlights
A paper has recently been published in the international journal Science of the Total Environment on the influence of the easterly wind on the levels of metals in the waters of the Mar Menor. The strong easterly winds cause the sediment in this shallow lagoon to resuspend, causing an increase
In 2023 we had the great pleasure of having two master’s students join the project. Mari Sol Hernández conducted speciation analysis of Cu in (many!) samples from the Mar Menor and defended her master’s thesis titled “Copper Complexation Capacity and its Relationship with Dissolved Organic Matter in the Mar Menor”
This article, published in open access in The Science of the Total Environment (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165989), applies the use of stable Cu isotopes and demonstrates that Cu internalization depends on labile Cu at relatively high Cu concentrations (greater than 30 nM), while at lower concentrations, Cu organic complexes are partially bioavailable
As a result of a collaboration with the Oceanography and Coastal Pollution Group of the University of Cadiz, an article has been published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. This work studies the levels and composition of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in the Mar Menor lagoon, both in
The international congress ASLO 2023 Aquatic Science Meeting was held in Palma de Mallorca where our colleague Juan Santos, in addition to moderating the session SS038P entitled “Trace Metal and Macronutrient Behaviour in Large Rivers and Estuaries”, presented a poster entitled “The potential importance of bioavailable iron regarding eutrophication events
In the last year, and as a result of the imbalance caused by recurrent eutrophication events in the Mar Menor, there has been an increase in the growth of macroalgae in the lagoon, which has significantly harmed fishing activities by clogging the nets. In this regard, a study has recently
During this congress, organised by the New Water Culture Foundation and the University of Murcia, our colleague Juan Santos presented a paper entitled “The historical and recent problems of metals in the Mar Menor”. During his presentation, he gave a historical overview of the mining exploitation of the Sierra de
From 6 to 8 July 2022, Esther Barber and Paula Sanchez attended the XXI Iberian Seminar on Marine Chemistry in Gran Canaria and gave two oral presentations: “Copper and lead complexation by dissolved organic matter in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon” and “Effect of dissolved organic matter on copper bioavailability
Research: Consequences of singular environmental events on the cycle of metals in coastal lagoons and their influence on the incorporation of metals by primary producers. Location: Mar Menor, Murcia (Spain)
