Biogeochemistry and modelling of mercury in the Gulf of Trieste

Code

J1-8905 (D) - included in ARIS records

Head

PhD Milena Horvat

Period

1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999

Science

Natural sciences and mathematics (5)
Engineering sciences and technologies (4)
Other (1)

Reseacher status

Researcher (9)
Junior expert or technical associate (1)

Education

Doctor's degree (7)
Other (3)

Sex

Woman (4)
Man (6)

Status

Employed at RO and RRD (4)
No data on employment in RO (1)
Retired (5)

No. of publications

10–99 (3)
100–999 (5)
1,000–9,999 (2)

Projects / Programmes source: ARIS

source: ARIS

Biogeochemistry and modelling of mercury in the Gulf of Trieste

Research activity

Code	Science	Field	Subfield
1.04.06	Natural sciences and mathematics	Chemistry	Geochemistry

Code	Science	Field
P305	Natural sciences and mathematics	Environmental chemistry
P005	Natural sciences and mathematics	Geology, physical geography

Keywords

mercury, biogeochemistry, speciation, transformation, matematical modelling, the Gulf of Trieste, coastal environment

Evaluation (rules)

source: COBISS

Evaluation of bibliographic research performance indicators according to ARIS methodology

Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases

source: WoS

source: Scopus

source: COBISS

Researchers (10)

no.	Code	Name and surname	Research area	Role	Period	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	04650	PhD Oliver Bajt	Control and care of the environment	Researcher	1997 - 1999	439
2.	08247	PhD Matjaž Četina	Hydrology	Researcher	1998 - 1999	590
3.	05249	PhD Jadran Faganeli	Control and care of the environment	Researcher	1999	575
4.	05027	PhD Milena Horvat	Chemistry	Head	1998 - 1999	1,887
5.	11279	PhD Nives Ogrinc	Control and care of the environment	Researcher	1999	1,138
6.	11084	Radovan Planinc	Chemistry	Researcher	1997 - 1999	27
7.	00112	PhD Rudolf Rajar	Civil engineering	Researcher	1998 - 1999	366
8.	15728	Janja Smrke		Researcher	1998 - 1999	33
9.	11277	PhD Andrej Širca	Civil engineering	Researcher	1998 - 1999	276
10.	09272	Majda Zakrajšek	Hydrology	Researcher	1998 - 1999	79

Organisations (3)

no.	Code	Research organisation	City	Registration number	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	0105	National Institute of Biology	Ljubljana	5055784	13,283
2.	0106	Jožef Stefan Institute	Ljubljana	5051606000	90,742
3.	0792	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering	Ljubljana	1626981	25,726

Abstract

Mercury and especially its most toxic form monomethylmercury tend to accumulate in fish and therefore represent a human health hazard. The Gulf of Trieste (NW Adriatic, mediterranean Sea) is subject to considerable mercury pollution, mainly originating from the Soča river which drains an area of the mercury mininig in Idrija, Slovenia. Although the mine has been closed, mercury concentrations in sediments, water and biota have not shown expected decrease. The main subject areas of the project are: (i) the analysis and better understanding of the biogeochemical cycle of mercury forms in the marine environment and the river system and (ii) the development of three dimensional model in order to simulate mercury cycling in the Gulf of Trieste. Results of the project will be used for future simulation of mercury cycling in this important area and plan remediation actions, if necessary.