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Exploiting the potential use of compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) in marine environment (EXPLOIT-CSIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

"In recent years, a relatively new technique, compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) has begun to be applied in a novel way to apportion sources of contaminants in the environment and answer to a variety of biogeochemical questions. The originality of this proposal will be to explore, develop and exploit the potential use of Compound Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) to persistent hydrocarbons ( ...
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Contaminant-specific isotope analyses as sharp environmental-forensics tools for site characterisation, monitoring and source apportionment of pollutants in soil (ISOSOIL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

... several contaminant sources, degradation, dispersion and other redistribution processes. The isoSoil objective is to firmly establish concentration-independent contaminant-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) as a novel, user-friendly and powerful tool for both degradation monitoring and source apportionment of organic contaminants in soil. The balanced isoSoil consortium with world-leading CSIA rese ...
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Trophodynamics of Organic Pollutants Studied by Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (TOP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

...uatic food webs has not been determined. ‘TOP’ aims to tackle this question by coupling the analyses of pollutants, lipid content, trophic position, and compound-specific stable isotope analyses (CSIA). The objectives are to develop and validate CSIA methods; to refine and apply sampling, extraction and analytical methods to target pollutants in water, sediment and biological samples; to perform f ...
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PAH Anaerobic Biodegradation Assessment by Stable Isotope Technologies (BASIS)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

...nt gap of knowledge regarding in situ anaerobic biodegradation of these compounds (metabolism, key microorganisms involved, etc.).Stable isotope techniques (compound specific stable isotope analysis, CSIA, and stable isotope probing, SIP) are novel techniques which can help overcoming this situation, providing valuable information on biodegradation and coping suitably with linking biodegradation p ...
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Isotope forensics meets biogeochemistry – linking sources and sinks of organic contaminants by compound specific isotope investigation (CSI:ENVIRONMENT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

"The initial training network CSI: ENVIRONMENT aims at training 16 young scientists in the discipline of compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) for environmental and forensic investigations. Linking sources and sinks of organic contaminants is a major challenge in contemporary environmental science. Chemicals can be released to the environment when leaving their field of application, intended o ...
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Activation of old carbon from thawing permafrost in Arctic Siberia (ACTIVE PERMAFROST)

Start date: Jan 15, 2014, End date: Nov 13, 2016,

...unknown.During this research project the applicant proposes to address this critical knowledge gap by analyzing the composition of multiple-proxies, like lipid biomarkers, lignin phenols and CSRA and CSIA analyses of organic carbon in many environmental compartments (sediment, SPM and water samples) from two different oceanographic campaigns in the understudied East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS). C ...
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Preservation of Margaritifera margaritifera at LIC in Zamora (Margarita Sanabria)

Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Oct 1, 2007,

Background Margaritifera margaritifera, also known as freshwater pearl mussel, naiad or margaritifera, was probably the most abundant bivalve mollusc in rivers throughout Western Europe in former times. However, during the last century many of its numbers disappeared and it is now considered to be an endangered species. Although still in decline, populati ...
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Burgos - Preservation of the Bonelli's eagle (Hieraetus fasciatus) in ZEPAs at the province of Burgos, Spain (Aguila perdicera)

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: May 31, 2006,

Background The population and distribution of Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) had declined steeply in Europe in recent years, owing principally to direct attacks on the bird, electrocution, disturbances during the breeding season, habitat deterioration and reduction in food resources. The decline of the population in Spain, where three quarters of ...
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Transiti

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The project “Transiti” is promoted by Ce.S.F.Or. that has already successfully realized IVT and PLM mobility projects within the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme , in the tourism, hotel and catering field. The project Consortium is made of public and private organizations and covers the regions of Central and Southern Italy, in which high rates of youth unemployment can be found .The ...
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