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	Environmental and pollution studies Benthic and plankton research coastal ecosystems, seagrass ecosystems, simulation of Mediterranean ecosystem components Biodiversity studies inventory of fauna and flora in Cretan waters Coastal management coastal zone management of lagoons Ecotoxicology baseline studies of a range of contaminants in fish, water and sediments Environmental Impact Assessments (Heraklion Bay, Malia Bay, Navarino Bay, Hania) Invertebrate biology systematics Marine and environmental chemistry data collection on toxic discharges (mercury and other trace metals levels) Marine Microbiology Monitoring of bathing water quality monitoring and supervision of Cretan coastal waters (160 sites) Monitoring of biological and chemical effects of domestic and industrial sewage on the marine environment (Heraklion, Chania) Pollution studies the effects of heavy metals in meiofaunal communities in sediments, farmed fish, wild stock the impact on the environment of oil discharges and oil spillages the distribution and concentration of hydrocarbon levels in the sediments investigations into possible biological effects of discharges from spillages Productivity studies productivity of certain areas of the Aegean Sea Hydrological research investigations on water currents around Crete the relationship of various nutrients, organic carbon and chlorophyll seasonal variability of water circulation and associated processes hydrodynamics and geochemical fluxes Underwater research investigations into hydrothermal fluxes and biological production in the Aegean Sea
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