Use of next generation sequencing to study the feasibilty to apply monitored natural recovery in freshwater sediments affected by ancient human activity.

MADUEÑO, LAURA; B.M. COPPOTELLI; STAREVICH, VIVIANA AYELEN; TERADA, C.; NUCCETELLI, O.D.; VIDAL, NURIA; ONETTO, MARIA ELENA; M.T. DEL PANNO; IRMA S. MORELLI

Lyon

Conferencia; AquaConSoil Congress, Lyon Francia; 2017

The monitored natural recovery (MNR) is a remedial approach that relies on natural physical, chemical, and biological processes to reduce ecological and human health risks to acceptable levels. MNR is a non-invasive technology which, carefully planned, allows remediation of sediment sites and can result in risk reduction in comparison with dredging and capping. The aim of this work was to evaluate the application of MNR in sediments from a freshwater course affected by human activity using sediment biological parameters and next generation sequencing (NGS) as indicators of biological processes.