Planning

Monday, January 13, 2014

Time Event  
08:30 - 09:00 Welcoming participants - Distribution of badges  
09:00 - 09:30 workshop introduction by Y. Paulet (dir IUEM) et J. Robbens (coord. MICRO)  
09:30 - 10:30 Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment - Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe  
09:30 - 09:50 › Transport of plastic litter via the Meuse and Scheldt Rivers to the North Sea - Myra van der Meulen, Deltares  
09:50 - 10:10 › Assessment of marine debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf - Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology - Ghent University  
10:10 - 10:30 › Fluctuating microplastic contamination in the Clyde Sea Area - Natalie Welden, University Marine Biological Station Millport, University of Glasgow  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:30 Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment - Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe  
11:00 - 11:20 › The ubiquitous nature of microplastics in the North Atlantic - Amy Lusher, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology  
11:20 - 11:40 › Microplastics and suspected microbeads in the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America - Marcus Eriksen, 5 Gyres Institute  
11:40 - 12:00 › Occurrence and distribution of mesoplastics in beach sand from Corsica and the French Mediterranean coast using a simplified extraction method - François Galgani, IFREMER  
12:00 - 12:20 › La participation des ONG et de l'éco-volontariat aux observations sur les microplastiques flottants en Méditerranée - Hervé THEBAULT, Planète Urgence  
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch & poster session  
14:30 - 16:30 Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment - Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe  
14:30 - 14:50 › 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.  
14:50 - 15:10 › Rope degradation and microfibre formation – A benthic exposure trial - Natalie Welden, University Marine Biological Station Millport, University of Glasgow  
15:10 - 15:30 › 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  
15:30 - 15:50 › Can phytoplankton species impact microplastic behaviour within water column? - Marc Long, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin  
15:50 - 16:10 › FTIR analysis for monitoring marine microplastics - Martin Löder, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - AWI (GERMANY)  
16:15 - 17:00 Coffee break  
17:00 - 17:40 Impacts of microplastics on the marine life - Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau  
17:00 - 17:20 › Microplastics are taken up by marine invertebrates living in natural habitats - Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology - Ghent University  
17:20 - 17:40 › 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  
17:45 - 19:00 Poster session  

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Time Event  
09:00 - 10:30 Impacts of microplastics on the marine life - Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau  
09:00 - 09:20 › Two alternate mechanisms for uptake of microplastics into the Shore crab Carcinus maenas. Trophic transfer and direct exposure - Andrew Watts, University of Exeter  
09:20 - 09:40 › Microplastics in our food: ingestion by commercially important fish species - Amy Lusher, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology  
09:40 - 10:00 › 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  
10:00 - 10:20 › Impact of microplastics on feeding, function and fecundity in the copepod Calanus helgolandicus - Matthew Cole, University of Exeter, Plymouth Marine Laboratory  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:30 Impacts of microplastics on the marine life - Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau  
11:00 - 11:20 › Microplastics: effects on oyster physiology and reproduction - Rossana Sussarellu, Ifremer  
11:20 - 11:40 › Microplastics are love-killers for Pacific oysters! - Marc Suquet, Laboratoire de Physiologie des Invertébrés  
11:40 - 12:00 › Biological effects of exposure to plastic particles in the 3-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - Tim Katzenberger, University of Portsmouth  
12:00 - 12:20 › The physical impacts of microplastics on marine worms - Stephanie Wright, University of Exeter  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch & poster session  
14:10 - 16:00 Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants - Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi  
14:10 - 14:30 › The role of microplastics as a vector for PCBs through the marine trophic levels - Lisa Devriese, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ostend, Belgium  
14:30 - 14:50 › Microplastics as vectors of chemical contaminants - Albert Koelmans, Wageningen University  
14:50 - 15:10 › 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  
15:10 - 15:30 › Relative importance of microplastics as a pathway for the transfer of persistent organic pollutants to marine life - Adil Bakir, Plymouth University  
15:30 - 15:50 › 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  
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break  
16:30 - 18:00 Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants - Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi  
16:30 - 16:50 › 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  
16:50 - 17:10 › Are baleen whales exposed to microplastics toxicological threat? The case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) - Maria Cristina Fossi, University of Siena  
17:10 - 17:30 › The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre - Magnus Svendsen Nerheim, University of Bergen, University of Hawaii at Hilo  
17:45 - 19:00 Poster session  

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Time Event  
09:00 - 13:00 Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - & Place aux jeunes - Chairmans: Marie-Amélie Neollier & Caroline Fabioux  
09:00 - 09:20 › Actions de terrain et sensibilisation du grand public comme outils de lobbying contre les microplastiques - Marie-Amélie Néollier, Surfrider Foundation Europe  
09:30 - 10:45 Place for young scientists - Master students  
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break & "petits débrouillards" démonstration  
11:00 - 12:00 Place for young scientists - Middle school students  
12:00 - 12:30 Place for young scientists - Lab tour for middle school students  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch & poster session  
14:00 - 15:30 Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - Summary of days 1 and 2 by M. Van Der Meulen, L. Van Cauwenberghe, C. Fossi, C. Corporeau, I. Paul-Pont, L. Devriese & R Sussarellu  
15:30 - 16:45 Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - François Galgani "grand public" lecture at Ifremer campus  
15:30 - 16:45 Excursion - lab tour for interested people  
16:45 - 18:30 Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - Discussion between scientists and stakeholders  
18:30 - 21:00 Crêpes  
  
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