A5040710018- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Marine animal studies overview
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
2017-2025
University of Bergen
2020-2023
Akvaplan-niva
2021-2022
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
2022
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2016-2017
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
2014-2017
University of Bayreuth
2016-2017
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
2016
University of Plymouth
2012
The accumulation of plastic litter in natural environments is a global issue. Concerns over potential negative impacts on the economy, wildlife, and human health provide strong incentives for improving sustainable use plastics. Despite many voices raised issue, we lack consensus how to define categorize debris. This evident microplastics, where inconsistent size classes are used materials be included under debate. While this inherent an emerging research field, ambiguous terminology results...
Plastic, as a form of marine litter, is found in varying quantities and sizes around the globe from surface waters to deep-sea sediments. Identifying patterns microplastic distribution will benefit an understanding scale their potential effect on environment organisms. As sea ice extent reducing Arctic, heightened shipping fishing activity may increase pollution area. Microplastics enter region following ocean transport local input, although baseline contamination measurements are still...
Microplastic debris (<5 mm) is a prolific environmental pollutant, found worldwide in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. This review assesses the numerous different methods used to identify microplastics ingested by marine organisms.
Complex and organic-rich solid substrates such as sludge soil have been shown to be contaminated by microplastics; however, methods for extracting plastic particles not yet systemically tested or standardized. This study investigated four main protocols the removal of organic material during analysis microplastics from complex matrices: oxidation using H2O2, Fenton's reagent, alkaline digestion with NaOH KOH. Eight common polymer types were used assess influence reagent exposure on particle...
Microplastics are widely dispersed throughout the marine environment. An understanding of distribution and accumulation this form pollution is crucial for gauging environmental risk. Presented here first record plastic contamination, in 5 mm-250 μm size range, Irish continental shelf sediments. Sixty-two microplastics were recovered from 10 11 stations using box cores. 97% found to reside shallower than 2.5 cm sediment depth, with area highest microplastic concentration being water-sediment...
The ubiquitous pollution of the environment with microplastics, a diverse suite contaminants, is growing concern for science and currently receives considerable public, political, academic attention. potential impact microplastics in has prompted great deal research recent years. Many methods have been developed to answer different questions about microplastic pollution, from sources, transport, fate environment, effects on humans wildlife. These are often insufficiently described, making...
Abstract Microplastics in the marine environment are well documented, and interactions with biota have been described worldwide. However, vertically migrating fish poorly understood. The diel vertical migration of mesopelagic represents one, if not largest, biomass on planet, is thus an important link between euphotic zone, transporting carbon other nutrients to global deep sea communities. Knowledge how interact distribute plastic as a contaminant required these populations identified...
Plastic pollution is a defining environmental contaminant and considered to be one of the greatest threats Anthropocene, with its presence documented across aquatic terrestrial ecosystems. The majority this plastic debris falls into micro (1 μm–5 mm) or nano (1–1000 nm) size range comes from primary secondary sources. Its small makes it cumbersome isolate analyze reproducibly, ubiquitous distribution creates numerous challenges when controlling for background contamination matrices (e.g.,...
Microplastic (MP) contamination is ubiquitous in the environment and many species worldwide have been shown to contain MP. The ecological impact of MP pollution still unknown, thus there an urgent need for more knowledge. One key task identify suitable as sentinels monitoring eco-compartments, such coastal waters. In Norway, mussels (Mytilus spp.) monitored hazardous contaminants through OSPAR since 1981. Norway has longest coastline Europe adding Norwegian Mussel Watch therefore important a...
Microplastics are a diverse category of pollutants, comprising range constituent polymers modified by varying quantities additives and sorbed exhibiting morphologies, sizes, visual properties. This diversity, as well their microscopic size range, presents numerous barriers to identification enumeration. These issues addressed with the application physical chemical analytical procedures; however, these present new problems associated researcher training, facility availability cost, especially...
Abstract A total of 8218 pelagic microplastic samples from the world’s oceans were synthesized to create a dataset composed raw, calibrated, processed, and gridded data which are made available public. The raw abundance obtained by different research projects using surface net tows or continuous seawater intake. Fibrous microplastics removed calibrated dataset. Microplastic fluctuates due vertical mixing under oceanic conditions was standardized. An optimum interpolation method used data; in...
Abstract Plastic pollution is globally recognised as a threat to marine ecosystems, habitats, and wildlife, it has now reached remote locations such the Arctic Ocean. Nevertheless, distribution of microplastics in Eurasian particularly underreported. Here we present analyses 60 subsurface pump water samples 48 surface neuston net from with goal quantify classify relation oceanographic conditions. In our study area, found on average 0.004 items per m 3 samples, 0.8 samples. Microplastic...
An interlaboratory comparison exercise was conducted to assess the consistency of microplastic quantification across several laboratories. The test samples were prepared by mixing one liter seawater free plastics, microplastics made from polypropylene, high- and low-density polyethylene, artificial particles in two plastic bottles, analyzed concurrently 12 experienced laboratories around world. minimum requirements quantify examined comparing actual numbers these sample bottles with measured...
ABSTRACT Marine plastic pollution is currently a major scientific focus, with attention paid to its distribution and impacts within ecosystems. With recent estimates indicating that the mass of released marine environment may reach 250 million metric tons by 2025, effects on our oceans are set increase. Distribution microplastics, those plastics measuring less than 5 mm, increasing concern because they represent an proportion litter known interact species in range habitats. The local...