CHEMSEA work to be presented at ESCPB Congress

Matthias Brenner from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) will be presenting CHEMSEA's ongoing research about the effects of CWA on fish and mussels during the upcoming 28th Congress of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, to be held in Bilbao, September 2-5.

Matthias' presentation will highlight AWI's toxicological analyses of cod (Gadus morhua L.) and blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) that are exposed to the effects of sunken CWAs in the Baltic Sea. Their work involves the analysis of tissue samples from these species to reveal a picture of the organisms' health status and to help identify potential hotspots with high contamination. Of special interest are the effects of arsenic, a major toxic compound of CWAs such as Clark and Adamsite.