Nature Research Centre at international project Detect2Protect

Dr Milda Stankevičiūtė, NRC Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, participated in the partners’ meeting of the international project Detect2Protect, which took place in Sopot, Poland on 29-31 May. During the event, the project team from the Baltic Sea Region discussed the latest research results.

At the same time, Sopot hosted the Baltic Sea Science Congress 2025, where presentations on the topic of the project – biomarkers as a tool to identify links between chemical pollution and biodiversity loss in the Baltic Sea – were presented.

Baltic Sea Science Congress 2025′ presentations:

  1. Measuring biological effects as a tool in linking biodiversity loss and chemical contamination in the Baltic Sea
  2. Impacts of chemical pollution on biodiversity and biological responses in the Archipelago Sea (Baltic Sea)
  3. Assessing biological effects of chemical contamination on the clam Macoma balthicaand the amphipod Monoporeia affinis in the Gulf of Riga
  4. Identifying potential reference and contaminated sites in the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga (northeastern Baltic Sea) using biomarkers in the clam Macoma balthica.
  5. Integrating contaminant levels and biomarker responses in bivalve Macoma balthicafrom the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea
  6. Chemical pollution and biodiversity of benthic communities – Gulf of Gdansk (southern Baltic Sea) case study

Baltic Sea Science Congress 2025 side event:

Monitoring of chemical pollution in the Baltic Sea: why and how biological effects measurements fit in?

Detect2Protect aims to develop advanced and integrated methods for assessing chemical and biological pollution to help protect the Baltic Sea ecosystem more effectively.

More information is available at: https://www.syke.fi/en/projects/detect2protect

The project (S-BIODIVERSA-23-1) is funded by the Research Council of Lithuania under the Biodiversa+ programme, co-funded by the European Commission.

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