The objective of the RISICO project is to develop analytical methods to predict the exposure to surfactant mixtures in sea-sprays and in marine sediments and their effects on coastal ecosystems.
The innovative aspects include the development and validation of
specific analytical methods targeting surfactants in sea sprays,
a radiotracer approach to characterize kinetics of surfactants biological uptake and subsequent metabolization in target marine organisms,
insight into the bioavailability and sorption of surfactants in marine sediments,
a microbiofilm in stratified oxic/anoxic sediments to identify recalcitrant metabolites, and
new standardized ecotoxicity tests for marine sediments.
