A5021003066- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Marine and environmental studies
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Heavy metals in environment
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
Akvaplan-niva
2016-2025
The FRAM Centre
2013-2016
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
2010-2013
University of Exeter
2011
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2011
University Centre in Svalbard
2007
University of Washington
2004-2005
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
2001-2004
Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer
2001-2002
Small plastic detritus, termed "microplastics", are a widespread and ubiquitous contaminant of marine ecosystems across the globe. Ingestion microplastics by biota, including mussels, worms, fish, seabirds, has been widely reported, but despite their vital ecological role in food-webs, impact on zooplankton remains under-researched. Here, we show that ingested by, may upon, zooplankton. We used bioimaging techniques to document ingestion, egestion, adherence range common northeast Atlantic,...
Microscopic plastic debris, termed “microplastics”, are of increasing environmental concern. Recent studies have demonstrated that a range zooplankton, including copepods, can ingest microplastics. Copepods globally abundant class zooplankton form key trophic link between primary producers and higher marine organisms. Here we demonstrate ingestion microplastics significantly alter the feeding capacity pelagic copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Exposed to 20 μm polystyrene beads (75 mL(–1))...
Abstract Microplastic litter is a pervasive pollutant present in aquatic systems across the globe. A range of marine organisms have capacity to ingest microplastics, resulting adverse health effects. Developing methods accurately quantify microplastics productive waters and those internalized by organisms, growing importance. Here we investigate efficacy using acid, alkaline enzymatic digestion techniques mineralizing biological material from surface trawls reveal any present. Our optimized...
Plastic debris is a widespread contaminant, prevalent in aquatic ecosystems across the globe. Zooplankton readily ingest microscopic plastic (microplastic, < 1 mm), which are later egested within their faecal pellets. These pellets source of food for marine organisms, and contribute to oceanic vertical flux particulate organic matter as part biological pump. The effects microplastics on pellet properties currently unknown. Here we test hypotheses that (1) vector transport microplastics, (2)...
Exploring climate and anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems requires an understanding of how trophic components interact. However, integrative end-to-end ecosystem studies (experimental and/or modelling) are rare. Experimental investigations often concentrate a particular group or individual species within level, while tropho-dynamic field typically employ either bottom-up approach concentrating the phytoplankton community top-down fish community. Likewise emphasis modelling is usually...
Crumb rubber granulate (CRG) produced from end of life tires (ELTs) is applied to synthetic turf pitches (STPs), playgrounds, safety surfaces and walkways. In addition fillers, stabilizers, cross-linking agents secondary components (e.g. pigments, oils, resins), ELTs contain a range other organic compound heavy metal additives. While previous environmental impact studies on CRG have focused terrestrial soil freshwater ecosystems, many sites applying in Norway are coastal. This study...
Despite an exponential increase in available data on marine plastic debris globally, information levels and trends of pollution especially microplastics the Arctic remains scarce. The few peer-reviewed scientific works, however, point to a ubiquitous distribution particles all environmental compartments, including sea ice. Here, we review current state knowledge sources, distribution, transport pathways fate meso- with focus European discuss observed projected impacts biota ecosystems.
Arctic marine ecosystems support fisheries of significant and increasing economic nutritional value. Commercial stocks are sustained by pelagic food webs with relatively few keystone taxa mediating energy transfer to higher trophic levels, it remains largely unknown how these will be affected changing climate the influx boreal taxa. Calanus species store large quantities lipids, making zooplankton a critical link in food-webs. The usually larger and, importantly, have been suggested contain...
Zooplankton community composition and diversity have been analysed for the period 1988–2007 at coastal station L4 off Plymouth in Western Channel. The seasonal cycle of total zooplankton was characterized by two peaks. abundance did not show any long-term trend its interannual variations were directly related to changes environmental conditions. However, different periods change observed that appeared be consistently sea surface temperature (SST) wind. number taxa (22) contributing 80–90%...
Microfibers (MF) are one of the major classes microplastic found in marine environment on a global scale. Very little is known about how they move and distribute from point sources such as wastewater effluents into ocean. We chose Adventfjorden near settlement Longyearbyen Arctic Svalbard archipelago case study to investigate microfibers emitted with untreated will fjord, both spatial temporal Fiber abundance effluent was estimated samples taken during two one-week periods June September...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 209:219-229 (2001) - doi:10.3354/meps209219 Reproductive cycles of dominant calanoid copepods in North Sea C. Halsband, H. J. Hirche* Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Research, Columbusstraße 1, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany *Corresponding author. E-mail: hhirche@awi-bremerhaven.de ABSTRACT: The seasonal...
Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) are a pelagic seabird species distributed at northern and polar latitudes. They often used as an indicator of plastic pollution in the North Sea region, but data lacking from higher latitudes, especially when it comes to chicks. Here, we investigated amounts ingested their characteristics fulmar chicks Faroe Islands. Plastic particles (≥1 mm) two age classes were searched using digestion method with KOH. In addition, evaluate if additive tissue burden...
Euphausiids play an important role in transferring energy from ephemeral primary producers to fish, seabirds, and marine mammals the Barents Sea ecosystem. Climatic impacts have been suggested occur at all levels of food-web, but adequate exploration these phenomena on ecologically relevant spatial scales has not integrated sufficiently. We used a time-series euphausiid abundance data spanning 58 years, one longest biological Arctic, explore qualitative quantitative relationships among...