International workshop on fate and impact of microplastics in marine ecosystems

›8:30 (30min)

Welcoming participants

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Welcoming participants

Distribution of badges

›9:00 (30min)

workshop introduction by Y. Paulet (dir IUEM) et J. Robbens (coord. MICRO)

9:00 - 9:30 (30min)

workshop introduction by Y. Paulet (dir IUEM) et J. Robbens (coord. MICRO)

›9:30 (1h)

Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment
Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe

9:30 - 10:30 (1h)

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)

›10:30 (30min)

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›11:00 (1h30)

Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment
Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

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)

›13:00 (1h30)

Lunch & poster session

13:00 - 14:30 (1h30)

Lunch & poster session

›14:30 (2h)

Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment
Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe

14:30 - 16:30 (2h)

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)

›16:15 (45min)

Coffee break

16:15 - 17:00 (45min)

Coffee break

›17:00 (40min)

Impacts of microplastics on the marine life
Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau

17:00 - 17:40 (40min)

Impacts of microplastics on the marine life

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)

›17:45 (1h15)

Poster session

17:45 - 19:00 (1h15)

Poster session