International workshop on fate and impact of microplastics in marine ecosystems

›9:00 (1h30)

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

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Impacts of microplastics on the marine life

Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau

› Two alternate mechanisms for uptake of microplastics into the Shore crab Carcinus maenas. Trophic transfer and direct exposure - Andrew Watts, University of Exeter 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› Microplastics in our food: ingestion by commercially important fish species - Amy Lusher, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› Ecotoxic effects of nano plastic on freshwater plankton (Scenedesmus obliquus and Daphnia magna) - Ellen Besseling, Wageningen University, Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies, Wageningen UR 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Impact of microplastics on feeding, function and fecundity in the copepod Calanus helgolandicus - Matthew Cole, University of Exeter, Plymouth Marine Laboratory 10:00-10:20 (20min)

›10:30 (30min)

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›11:00 (1h30)

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

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

Impacts of microplastics on the marine life

Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau

› Microplastics: effects on oyster physiology and reproduction - Rossana Sussarellu, Ifremer 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Microplastics are love-killers for Pacific oysters! - Marc Suquet, Laboratoire de Physiologie des Invertébrés 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Biological effects of exposure to plastic particles in the 3-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - Tim Katzenberger, University of Portsmouth 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› The physical impacts of microplastics on marine worms - Stephanie Wright, University of Exeter 12:00-12:20 (20min)

›12:30 (1h30)

Lunch & poster session

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Lunch & poster session

›14:10 (1h50)

Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants
Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi

14:10 - 16:00 (1h50)

Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants

Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi

› The role of microplastics as a vector for PCBs through the marine trophic levels - Lisa Devriese, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ostend, Belgium 14:10-14:30 (20min)

› Microplastics as vectors of chemical contaminants - Albert Koelmans, Wageningen University 14:30-14:50 (20min)

› Plastic debris as a vector in transporting toxic additive chemicals in the marine environment: hexabromocyclododecanes in expanded polystyrene fragments - Sang Hee Hong, University of Science and Technology, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology 14:50-15:10 (20min)

› Relative importance of microplastics as a pathway for the transfer of persistent organic pollutants to marine life - Adil Bakir, Plymouth University 15:10-15:30 (20min)

› Microplastics and trophic transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to marine organisms - Carlo Giacomo Avio, Department of Life and Environment Sciences, University Polytechnic of Marche, Ancona, Italy 15:30-15:50 (20min)

›16:30 (30min)

Coffee break

16:30 - 17:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›16:30 (1h30)

Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants
Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi

16:30 - 18:00 (1h30)

Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants

Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi

› Interactive effects of microplastics and fluoranthene on mussels Mytilus sp. - Carmen González-Fernández, Spanish Institute of Oceanography - Centre of Murcia, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› Are baleen whales exposed to microplastics toxicological threat? The case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) - Maria Cristina Fossi, University of Siena 16:50-17:10 (20min)

› The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre - Magnus Svendsen Nerheim, University of Bergen, University of Hawaii at Hilo 17:10-17:30 (20min)

›17:45 (1h15)

Poster session

17:45 - 19:00 (1h15)

Poster session