Campaign: IBERIANSEDI 2011

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The aim of this cruise was to collect surficial sediments from different areas of the Mediterranean Spanish coast for studying the spatial and temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (organochlorinted pollutants, trace metals and aromatic hydrocarbons) and metal contamination in this environmental matrix. This cruise was included in the activities of the project 2-ESMARME from the IEO (Spanish Oceanographic Institute). This project gives fulfillment to the Annex II of the mission of management of the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs to the IEO on scientific and technical assistance related to the monitoring of the marine contamination and biological effects in the Mediterranean coast of Spain, within the framework of the Barcelona Convention for the protection of the marine environment and the coastal Region of the Mediterranean Sea.

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