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The influence of West Spitsbergen Current on the distribution of heavy metals within the two fjords of the Western Spitsbergen

2015/17/B/ST10/03390

Keywords:

contaminants Arctic heavy metals contaminants transport marine currents stable lead isotopes climate change

Descriptors:

  • ST10_4: Geochemistry, biogeochemistry
  • ST10_11: Marine physics and chemistry

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Agata Zaborska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 9 - announced on 2015-03-16

Amount awarded: 311 800 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-01-19

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-01-18

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Laptop wraz z oprogramowaniem (7 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. History of heavy metal accumulation in the Svalbard area: distribution, origin and transport pathways.
    Authors:
    Zaborska A., Beszczyńska-Möller A., Włodarska-Kowalczuk M.,
    Academic press:
    Environmental Pollution (rok: 2017, tom: 231(1), strony: 437-450), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.042 - link to the publication
  2. Sources of 137Cs to an Arctic fjord (Hornsund, Svalbard).
    Authors:
    Zaborska A.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (rok: 2017, tom: 180, strony: 19-26), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.09.021 - link to the publication
  3. Sources, fate and distribution of inorganic contaminants in the European Arctic – a review
    Authors:
    Rudnicka P., Zaborska A.
    Academic press:
    Enviromental Monitoring and Assessment , Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Submitted
  4. Processes driving heavy metal distribution in the seawater of an Arctic fjord (Hornsund, southern Spitsbergen).
    Authors:
    Zaborska A., Strzelewicz A., Rudnicka P., Moskalik M.,
    Academic press:
    Marine Pollution Bulletin (rok: 2020, tom: 161 (A), strony: 111719), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111719 - link to the publication