Tome is going to dive
Neven with sediment core
"The core team"
Nico is slicing sediment core
Filip is measuring pH
On-board filtration
Pascal is taking sample
Filip and Saša are joking
Captain Marin
Sampling team
Where is the fish?
On-site measurement of Cu with Cu-ISE
Nico and Filip are filtrating sample
Saša is collecting microfilm (SML)
Ana-Marija and Saša enjoying the sun :)
Ready to go, waiting the Captain
on the way
CTD probe ready for deployment
approaching the first site: the Skradinski Buk waterfalls
Summer 2018 team
time for lunch
Ready to go...
Martinska seaside view and new 12 L sampler
Sebastian and Nicolas from Toulon Univ.
Sediment sampling at the Krka estuary ...
... and Eh, pH measurement in Lab...
... and dirty job.
Evening CTD profiling and sampling
...after DGT deployment and sampling
Trace metal size fractionation - filtration
Sampling....
Collection of sample for SPM
Setup for As speciation measurements using "u-wire Au electrode"
Working team:
J. Pađan,
M. Čanković
Testing of sampling under nitrogen atmosphere in sampling bottle - adapted bottle cap
Testing of long-time stability of anoxic samples - chemically (chromium stability) and visually
Measurement of Cr under controlled nitrogen atmosphere (anoxic) :
Working team:
D. Omanović,
C. Garnier (Toulon University),
Ne. Cukrov,
Nu. Cukrov
M. Vrdoljak, PhD student
J. Pađan, PhD student
Amonda El Houssainy (PhD student from Lebanon)
Cedric Garnier talk at RBI:
"Toulon Bay (NW Mediterranean Sea) sediments contamination: Diagnostic and impact on the coastal ecosystem” 25.1.2017. at 11h (III wing)
Collection of sample within the vertical profile of the Krka River Estuary
Size fractionation of trace metals - collection of samples of different filter cut-offs (w/o filtration, 5 um, 1.2 um and 0.22 um)
Study of interactions of isolated marine organic matter (OM) with copper (Cu)
VIP (Voltamemtric In-situ Profiler) testing - Instrument for in-situ determination of trace metals
Sampling of sediment core and pore-water extraction and analysis (related to "dredging" study).
Working team:
D. Omanović,
A.-M. Cindrić, post.doc.
Ne. Cukrov,
M. Vrdoljak, PhD student
J. Pađan, PhD student
Winter field campaign I:
Collection of sample within the vertical profile of the Krka River Estuary
Determination of TM (focus on: Fe, Cr, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu, Ni and Co)
Speciation of TM within salinity gradient (Cu and Fe)
Determination of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) by UV-Vis spectroscopy - evaluation of a new measurement and data treatment (software) protocols
Working team:
D. Omanović,
I. Pižeta,
Ne. Cukrov,
C. Garnier (FRA, Toulon Univ.),
V. Lenoble (FRA, Toulon Univ.),
J. Pađan, a new Lab member, PhD student - working on redox speciation of Chromium (Cr) (MEBTRACE)
Nu. Cukrov, a new Lab member, PhD student - working on geochemistry of trace metals in suspended meterial and sediments,
L. Cotte (FRA, Brest, IFREMER) - joined to this field campaign - working on speciation of Cu in hydrothermal samples (Antlatic Ocean).
Summer field campaign at the Rogoznica Lake and the Krka River Estuary related to following MEBTRACE sub-thematics :
Quantification of the competitive interactions of various cations on the electrochemical determination of TM speciation
Investigation and determination of the influence of seawater pH decrease („ocean acidification“) on the speciation of TM
Improvement of the method for reliable determination of the redox speciation of Chromium (Cr)
Improvement and implementation of non-toxic micro-sensors for on-site/in-situ determination of TMs
Team members meeting and results compilation and discussion
Left photo: Nu. Cukrov, M. Čanković (joined to RJ sampling), Ne. Cukrov, C. Garnier, D. Omanović, I. Pižeta, J. Pađan and L. Cotte (V. Lenoble is missing on this photo); Right photo: Lab atmosphere
Simulations of competitive effect of major and trace elements on trace metal speciation (I. Pižeta)
New electrochemical instrument uAutolabIII (HRZZ)
Interactions of isolated organic matter (fulvic-like and humic-like) on complexation of copper by ASV and AdCSV method using SA as a ligand (D. Omanović & C. Garnier):
Investigation and determination of the influence of seawater pH decrease („ocean acidification“) on the speciation of TM (C. Garnier ˛D. Omanović):
Improvement of the method for reliable determination of the redox speciation of Chromium (Cr) (J. Pađan):
Analysis of arsenic speciation (V. Lenoble and J. Pađan):
On-site electrochemical system for continuous measurements of trace metals:
New collaboration (University of Brest, France): Speciation of Cu in hydrothermal vent samples (Antlatic Ocean) (L. Cotte):