Harbors are critical environments with strategic economic importance but with potential environmental impact: health assessment criteria are a key issue. An ecosystem health status approach was carried out in Portimão harbor as a case-study. Priority and specific chemical levels in sediments along with their bioavailability in mussels, bioassays and a wide array of biomarkers were integrated in a biomarker inde...
Porous metal–organic framework materials are important owing to their potential applications as sensors. A new family of nanoporous, multifunctional rare-earth metal–organic materials displays emission quantum yields and efficiencies that are the highest reported for solid-state Eu3+ compounds with organic ligands and magnetic properties. The picture shows [Gd,Eu]- and [Tb]-containing materials under UV light a...