Analysis of the impact of organic pollutants on marine microbial communities

• Main Author: Cerro Gálvez, Elena
• Other Authors: Vila i Costa, Maria, Dachs, Jordi, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2020
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil i ambiental; 504; 577; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668421

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...