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A new methodological approach for identification of industrial pollution: Isotope fingerprinting and bacterial community changes

Department 58 – International Relations
Department 58 – International Relations

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RegionNational coverage
Title of the ProgrammeCzech-Norwegian Research Programme
Title of the ProjectA new methodological approach for identification of industrial pollution: Isotope fingerprinting and bacterial community changes
Number of the Project7F14330
Project Promoter

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

www.czu.cz

Name of Norwegian Partner(s)

Bioforsk

The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

Objective of the Project

The project will develop a methodology based on metal isotope fingerprinting using various environmental samples, such as snow samples, lichens and mosses, soil profiles and peat cores coupled with microbial analyses and focuses on two polluted areas in Norway and the Czech Republic, more precisely the Barents region and in the Upper Silesian region. The time- and area-dependent evolution of the pollution will be assessed using the analyses of “non-traditional” (Ni, Cd, Cu) and “traditional” (Pb) isotope systems. In addition, new methods using soil microbial communities as indicators of metal pollution will be used.

Approved grant

648 075 EUR

Project DurationStart date: 1st August 2014, End date: 30th April 2017