Analysis of the impact of organic pollutants on marine microbial communities

• Main Author: Cerro Gálvez, Elena
• Other Authors: Vila Costa, Maria, Dachs, Jordi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Organic pollutants (OP); Organic synthetic chemicals; Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; Antarctic; Arctic; Deception Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/339690

Increasing amounts of organic synthetic chemicals are currently emitted to the environment by human activities. The more recalcitrant fraction of this pollutant mixture reaches marine ecosystems mainly through rivers, continental run-off, and diffuse atmospheric inputs. Once in seawater, it represen...