Publications & Podcasts from HOTSPOT

Journal articles

Synergistic and additive effects of microplastic, nickel and pyrene on survival, reproduction and egestion of a tropical copepod
Authors: Giovanna Albani, Delove Asiedu, Sika Abrokwah, Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir, Torkel G. Nielsen, Emmanuel Acheampong, Laura Hernández Ruiz, Bernard Ekumah & Marja Koski
Journal: Aquatic Toxicology, 2023
Link: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106737

Bioaccumulation of metals in the planktonic food web in the Gulf of Guinea
Authors: Lou-Anne Chevrollier, Marja Koski, Jens Søndergaard, Stefan Trapp, Denis Worlanyo Aheto, George Darpaah & Torkel Gissel Nielsen
Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022
Link: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113662 

Climate change and oil pollution: A dangerous cocktail for tropical zooplankton
Authors: Laura Hernández Ruiz, Bernard Ekumah, Delove Abraham Asiedu, Giovanna Albani, Emmanuel Acheampong, Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir, Marja Koski & Torkel Gissel Nielsen
Journal: Aquatic Toxicology, 2021
Link: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105718

Presentations at scientific conferences

Pollution, carbon cycling and marine food web in a coastal tropical ecosystem of the Gulf of Guinea
Authors: Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo, Marja Koski, Sigrún Jonasdottir, Justice Yeboah, Rael Adhiambo, Emmanuel Klubi, Benjamin Genvonne, Docia Agyapong, Ama Kwartemaa Agyei Frimpong, Maria Lund-Paulsen, Tatiane Combi, Noble Asare, Emmanuel Acheampong, Denis Aheto & Torkel Gissel Nielsen
Conference: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023, 4–9 June 2023, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Session: Contaminant fate and transport in aquatic systems and their interactive effects on ecosystem functioning

Microbial turnover of dissolved organic matter from the coastal Gulf of Guinea
Authors: Ama Kwartemaa Agyei Frimpong, Emmanuel Acheampong, Maria Lund-Paulsen, Denis Aheto, Torkel Gissel Nielsen & Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo
Conference: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023, 4–9 June 2023, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Session: Microbial and abiotic factors influencing the turnover and fate of organic matter in aquatic systems

Podcast (mostly in Danish)

The Danish science journalist Sofie Hjorth has produced a podcast series (No more fish in the sea) of five episodes together with Professor and Coordinator of the HOTSPOT project, Torkel Gissel Nielsen, researchers and students from the University of Cape Coast and not least local fishermen. The fish in Gulf of Guinea are disappearing and so are the livelihoods of millions of people in Ghana. This is due to a cocktail of pollution, climate change and overfishing. The podcast investigates how these different stressors affect the marine environment.

There will be links to the rest of the episodes when published.

 

https://www.hotspot-ghana.net/publications
19 FEBRUARY 2025