Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment
Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe
› Transport of plastic litter via the Meuse and Scheldt Rivers to the North Sea - Myra van der Meulen, Deltares
09:30-09:50 (20min)
› Assessment of marine debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf - Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology - Ghent University
09:50-10:10 (20min)
› Fluctuating microplastic contamination in the Clyde Sea Area - Natalie Welden, University Marine Biological Station Millport, University of Glasgow
10:10-10:30 (20min)
Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment
Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe
› The ubiquitous nature of microplastics in the North Atlantic - Amy Lusher, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
11:00-11:20 (20min)
› Microplastics and suspected microbeads in the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America - Marcus Eriksen, 5 Gyres Institute
11:20-11:40 (20min)
› Occurrence and distribution of mesoplastics in beach sand from Corsica and the French Mediterranean coast using a simplified extraction method - François Galgani, IFREMER
11:40-12:00 (20min)
› La participation des ONG et de l'éco-volontariat aux observations sur les microplastiques flottants en Méditerranée - Hervé THEBAULT, Planète Urgence
12:00-12:20 (20min)
Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment
Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe
› Micro-plastic pollution demonstrably threatens protected areas in the Atlantic: diagnosis of three islands in the Canary Current and next steps. - Juan BAZTAN, Marine Sciences For Society & Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› Rope degradation and microfibre formation – A benthic exposure trial - Natalie Welden, University Marine Biological Station Millport, University of Glasgow
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Fragmentation of polyethylene, polypropylene and expanded polystyrene with an accelerated mechanical abrasion experiment - Won Joon Shim, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology
15:10-15:30 (20min)
› Can phytoplankton species impact microplastic behaviour within water column? - Marc Long, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin
15:30-15:50 (20min)
› FTIR analysis for monitoring marine microplastics - Martin Löder, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - AWI (GERMANY)
15:50-16:10 (20min)
Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau
› Microplastics are taken up by marine invertebrates living in natural habitats - Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology - Ghent University
17:00-17:20 (20min)
› Translocation of microplastic in the circulatory system of the oyster Crassostrea gigas : Evidences and uncertainties : investigation to load. - Christophe LAMBERT, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin
17:20-17:40 (20min)
