6th European Conference on Scientific Diving

SPINAQUA diver E. Vernadou participated in the 6th European Conference on Scientific Diving organized by TU Bergakademie Freiberg, which was held in Freiberg (Germany) on 21 & 22 April 2021. In this assembly, Mrs. Vernadou had the opportunity to present online the first outcomes on “Contrasting sponge assemblages between distinct…

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Large-scale bioremediation experiments

The SPINAQUA team performed a series of controlled, large-scale laboratory experiments at the Aqualabs facilities of IMBBC-HCMR (Crete), in order to assess the cleanup capacity of four sponge species against microalgae. Specific microalgae were selected as a model for the biological pollution typically encountered in fish aquaculture settings. Sponge fragments…

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