D2.1.3.2-Report sullo studio della frazione ...

The task 2.1.3.2 aimed at isolating the finer fraction of the resuspended sediment and to investigate its influence on the overall sediment quality by performing tailored ecotoxicological testing on organisms living in salt water. To this purpose, existing methods have been optimised or new procedures had to be specifically developed, both for particulate phase isolation and ecotoxicity testing, since most previous studies took into account mostly the sediment or the fraction < 63 μm as a whole or referred to the freshwater environment.