Objectives

  • To ensure the implementation of management procedures in order to address and handle all project issues.
  • To understand the fluxes of contaminants between water column, sediments and test species (water-sediment-biota interactions) to decipher the environmental fate of removed pollutants
  • To develop robust, accurate and reliable sediment toxicity bioassays
  • To assess the consequences of contaminated dredged sediment deployment in soils
  • To disseminate knowledge, promote public awareness and enhance social perception as regards environmental protection and its research