Gastronomy and Tourism: Socioeconomic and Territorial Implications in Santiago de Compostela-Galiza (NW Spain).

It is a worldwide well-known fact that gastronomic tourism does not always contribute to the cultural, social, economic, and territorial development of the host community. Therefore, its study requires a multidisciplinary and holistic approach to explore and interpret this phenomenon. From this perspective, the paper analyses the consumption of food products by tourists in Santiago de Compostela in Spain (2013-2014).

Differences in Metal Accumulation in the Growing Shoot Tips and Remaining Shoot Tissue in Three Species of Brown Seaweeds.

In this study we compared the accumulation of eight metals and two metalloids in the growing tips and the remaining shoot tissue of three species of brown seaweeds commonly used in biomonitoring studies (Fucus ceranoides, Fucus spiralis and Ascophyllum nodosum). Regression analysis of the data obtained showed that there was no statistically significant difference in accumulation in numerous cases; although most of the relationships were significant, many of the coefficients of determination were low. However, the concentrations of Mn and Zn in the growing tips were closely related to the concentrations in the rest of the tissue in all three species, possibly due to redistribution of these elements.

Effects of organic fertilizers on soil physicochemistry and on the yield and botanical composition of forage over 3 years.

Organic wastes have been reported to reduce saturation of the exchange complex by Al in Al-rich acid soils. For 3 years, the main soil fertility properties were studied in plots sown with mixed pasture species. These plots were fertilized with cattle slurry, dairy sludge (DS), or granulated broiler litter (BL) in comparison with mineral fertilizer.