Projecte Química Naturalista

Objectives:
The general objective of this project (Natural-History Chemistry) is to investigate how different habitats and the proximity to polluted areas determine the elemental composition of bryophytes. We expect to see differences in elemental composition due to habitat type (epiphytic, terrestrial, saxicolous and hygrophytic) and species phylogeny. Furthermore, bryophytes growing in sites with high nitrate pollution will contain higher N concentrations and changes in δ15N. They can also accumulate large amounts of trace elements present in their environment, so bryophytes living in polluted environments should have higher concentrations of these elements as well

Principal investigator:
Dr. Marcos Fernández-Martínez
Funders:
Institució Catalana d'Història Natural
Institut d'Estudis Catalans
Type of project: Not competitive
Reference: Not available
Host institutions:
Delegació de la Serralada Litoral Central
Funding: Scarce
Start date: 2019
End date: Ongoing
Webpage: Projecte Química Naturalista
Working team:
Jordi Corbera
Dr. Roger Grau
Alba Martín
Prof. Francesc Sabater
Dr. Xin Song
Judith Solé