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Macrobenthic organisms as an indicator of mercury sources in the Antarctic coastal zone (Admiralty Bay)

2019/33/B/ST10/00290

Keywords:

Mercury benthos Antarctica Admiralty Bay

Descriptors:

  • ST10_011:
  • ST10_004:

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 :

Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Oceanografii i Geografii

woj. pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Dominika Maria Saniewska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 9

Call: OPUS 17 - announced on 2019-03-15

Amount awarded: 993 620 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-02-05

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-02-04

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  1. Mercury and methylmercury in birds and marine mammals inhabiting the coastal zone of the two King George Island's bays Admiralty and King George Bay (maritime Antarctic)
    Authors:
    Jarzynowska M., Saniewska D., Fudala K., Wilman B., Balazy P., Płonska P., Saniewski M.
    Academic press:
    Marine Pollution Bulletin (rok: 2023, tom: 193, strony: 115237), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115237 - link to the publication
  2. Alimentary exposure and elimination routes of rare earth elements (REE) in marine mammals from the Baltic Sea and Antarctic coast
    Authors:
    Andrzej R. Reindl; Dominika Saniewska; Agnieszka Grajewska; Lucyna Falkowska; Michał Saniewski
    Academic press:
    Science of the Total Environment (rok: 2021, tom: 754, strony: 141947), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141947 - link to the publication
  3. The impact of global climate changes on trace and rare earth elements mobilization in emerging periglacial terrains: Insights from western shore of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, Antarctic)
    Authors:
    Andrzej R. Reindl, Lidia Wolska, Agnieszka I. Piotrowicz-Cieślak, Dominika Saniewska, Jerzy Bołałek, Michał Saniewski
    Academic press:
    The impact of global climate changes on trace and rare earth elements mobilization in emerging periglacial terrains: Insights from western shore of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, Antarctic) (rok: 2024, tom: 926, strony: 171540), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171540 - link to the publication
  4. Sources and pathways of mercury in soils from Antarctic periglacial areas
    Authors:
    Cichecka A., Saniewska D., Bałazy P., Saniewski M.
    Academic press:
    Catena (rok: 2024, tom: 234, strony: 107592), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.catena.2023.107592 - link to the publication
  5. Distribution of 90Sr and 137Cs in biotic and abiotic elements of the coastal zone of the King George Island (South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula)
    Authors:
    Michał Saniewski, Paulina Wietrzyk-Pełka, Michał Hubert Węgrzyn, Dominika Saniewska, Piotr Bałazy, Tamara Zalewska
    Academic press:
    Chemosphere (rok: 2023, tom: 322, strony: 138218), Wydawca: ELSEVIER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138218 - link to the publication
  6. Assessing the present levels of 137Cs in the remote ecosystem of Bjornoya (South Svalbard)
    Authors:
    Saniewski M., Wietrzyk-Pełka P., Węgrzyn M.H, Bałazy P., Saniewska D., Klajman K.
    Academic press:
    Marine Pollution Bulletin (rok: 2023, tom: 197, strony: 115736), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115736 - link to the publication
  7. Mercury, methylmercury, and its fractions at the base of the trophic pyramid of the maritime Antarctic ecosystem of Admiralty Bay
    Authors:
    Ewa Korejwo, Dominika Saniewska, Agnieszka Jędruch, Aleksandra Zgrundo, Luiza Bielecka, Piotr Paneth, Piotr Balazy, Jacek Bełdowski, Michał Saniewski
    Academic press:
    Journal of Hazardous Materials (rok: 2025, tom: 492, strony: 138268), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138268 - link to the publication
  8. Distribution of 137Cs in the marine environment from King George Island (Southern Shetlands, maritime Antarctica)
    Authors:
    Saniewski M., Bałazy P., Klajman K., Saniewska D.
    Academic press:
    Marine Pollution Bulletin (rok: 2023, tom: 197, strony: 115752), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115752 - link to the publication
  9. Factors influencing the variability of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in benthic macrofauna from Admiralty Bay, maritime Antarctic
    Authors:
    Agnieszka Jędruch, Marcelina Ziółkowska, Natalia Bulik, Piotr Paneth, Ewa Korejwo, Dominika Saniewska
    Academic press:
    Marine Chemistry (rok: 2025, tom: 273, strony: 104564), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.marchem.2025.104564 - link to the publication