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A collaboration has been established with the ACID project (PID2021-127092OB-I00) entitled “Las Rías Baixas (NO Iberian upwelling system) as experimental areas to study the impact of marine acidification on coastal ecosystems” whose PI is Dr. Cristina Sobrino from the University of Vigo. COMETA and ACID share study area and have several complementary objectives that will…

Since September, we have been carrying out monthly samplings in the Vigo estuary along the saline gradient, from the river to the area near Cíes. The samplings are carried out on board the Kraken vessel belonging to CIM-UVigo. The purpose of these samplings is to study the variation of metal levels and their organic speciation…

We began disseminating the initial results of the project at the recent congress of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), held in Seville from May 5th to 9th, 2024. Mari Sol Hernández presented a poster comparing electrochemical methods (ASV and CSV) for measuring Cu speciation in seawater, and Paula Sánchez Marín gave a…