| Models for Assessing and Forecasting the Impact of Environmental Key Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity | | www.modelkey.org | |
Acronym: MODELKEY
Period: January 2005 till December 2009
Status: Completed
Thesaurus terms Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Fresh water; Marine water; Pollutants
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| Institutes (20) | Top | - Centre for Environmental Research; Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, more, co-ordinator
- Centre for Environmental Research; Department of Effect-Directed Analysis (EDA), more, partner
- University of Antwerp; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Wiskunde, more, partner
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), more, partner
- WL | Delft Hydraulics, more, partner
- Consorzio Venezia Ricerche (CVR), more, partner
- Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam; Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), more, partner
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Délégation Midi-Pyrénées, more, partner
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Centre d'Investigació i Desenvolupament (CID), more, partner
- Universitat de Girona; Faculty of Sciences; Department of Environmental Sciences, more, partner
- University of Berne; Vetsuisse Fakultät; Institute of Animal Pathology; Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI), more, partner
- Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee (RIKZ), more, partner
- Wageningen University and Research Centre; Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), more, partner
- Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Sport; Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne (RIVM), more, partner
- Universität Stuttgart; Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, more, partner
- St.-Petersburg State University; Faculty of Chemistry, more, partner
- Universitat de Barcelona; Facultat Biologia; Departament d'Ecologia (UB), more, partner
- Research and services in ecotoxicology (ECT), more, partner
- Donabaum & Wolfram OEG, more, partner
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), more, partner
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| Abstract | | The European project MODELKEY is used as a case study for implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which aims to achieve a good ecological status of European waters in 2016. Cause-effect studies are used in MODELKEY to determine which environmental contaminants are responsible for changes in biodiversity or ecological status. In 2006, full sampling campaigns were organized in four case studies areas, two of which were in Schelde area. Water, biota and sediment were sampled and in all matrices chemicals and biomarkers have been analysed and toxicity was assessed to look for correlations between exposure and physiological and ecological effects. Marine wood chain study was performed to assess distribution of polychlorinated bihenyls, perfluorinated compounds, flame retardants, dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in various environmental compartments and in biota food chain. The lab experiments with sole (Solea vulgaris) early life stages have been prepared to assess causal relationships between contaminants, biomarkers and ecological end-points. One of the tools that were developed was a state-of-the-art analytical method, using gas chromatography combined with time-of-flight mass spectrometry, for the identification of environmental contaminants. A novel fat removal method for preparation of biota samples was developed to be applied in effect-directed analysis in biota samples. |
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