Work packages
Duration months and planned results
The project is devided into six different work packages to guarantee an excellent processing of the different aspects of the long term experiments under environmentally relevant conditions.
Working package 0 (WP0): Coordination
Duration months: 36 months
Planned results: Good cooperation and exchange between partners
Annual reports are written on time
Output of the different WPs serves as input for one other (bride network)
Working package 1 (WP1): Fate, occurence & behaviour
Duration months: 26 months
Planned results: Delivery of ages C-MNMs
Characterization of unaltered & aged nanomaterials
Partitioning of all C-MNMs between water, sediment, pore water and organisms
Working package 2 (WP2): Bioaccumulation
Duration months: 18 months
Planned results: Bioconcentration of unaltered & aged C-MNMs in single test organisms
Dietary exposure of single test organisms
Distribution of the C-MNMs in predator organisms
Working package 3 (WP3): Effects
Duration months: 18 months
Planned results: Effects of unaltered or aged C-MNMs to single species after exposure
Micture toxicity of the C-MNMs and BPA & TCC Mesocosm study
Working package 4 (WP4): Case studies
Duration months: 12 months
Planned results: Biomagnification of C-MNMs along the food chain
Working package 5 (WP5): Green applications
Duration months: 36 months
Planned results: Delivery of contaminant loaded unaltered & aged C-MNMs
Sorption studies with C-MNMs and TCC and BPA
Working package 6 (WP6): Dissemination
Duration months: 36 months
Planned results: Presentation of the project at different conferences
Presentation of project results at conferences
Presentation of project results in written publications