Department of Marine Chemistry and Biochemistry IOPAS
Department consist of three
sections,
each performing independently research on properties of various components
of the marine environment and processes taking place there. Major topics
studied in the sections are as follow:
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factors influencing transport of metal ions (at present iron)
through cell membranes, and distribution within cells
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pigments (at present carotenoids) and their role in the photosynthesis
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ferritin as iron managing factor within cells
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geochemistry of heavy metals
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geochemistry of natural and anthropogenic organic substances
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semipermeable membranes (SPMD) as tool for studying bioavailable persistant
organic pollutants
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biomarkers of anthropogenic stress in the marine environment
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speciation of heavy metals in sediments, water, and biota
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210Pb dating of surface sediments
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investigation of sedimentation and processes scavenging at the Barents
Sea shelf
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mapping of artificial radionuclides in the Baltic sediments
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mechanisms of 137Cs sorption and desorption from marine suspension
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concentrations of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in various
components of the Baltic sea environment.
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Krystyna Bernatowicz
<kbern@iopan.gda.pl> , March, 2003