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Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems: From the Coastline to the Open Sea brings together highlights from the conference proceedings for MICRO 2016: Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems: From the Coastline to the Open Sea.

While the presence of microplastics in ecosystems has been reported in the scientific literature since the 1970´s, many pressing questions regarding their impacts remain unresolved. This short format title draws from the shared scientific and technical material and summarizes the current research and future outlook.

Includes a range of topics, from macro- to microplastics
Presents data from source to sink, including occurrence and distribution of microplastics in freshwater bodies, coastal zones, and the open ocean
Presents the impacts of microplastics on marine life as well as microplastics as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants
Provides important analysis on solutions and next steps

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Part I: Abstracts from Oral Presentations

Plastic and Restricted Heavy Metals

Citizen Research for Ocean Conservation

Microplastics in Sewage Sludge: Effects of Treatment

Sources and Fate of Microplastics in Swiss Surface Waters

Microplastics in a UK Sewage Treatment Plant

Fates of Plastic Pollution in a Major Urban River: Persistence and Bacterial Colonization of Oil-based Plastics and Bioplastics in the Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia

Presence and Abundance of Microplastics in Sediments of Tributaries of the River Thames, UK

Microplastics in Different Compartments of the Urban Water Cycle: From the Sources to the Rivers

Validation of a Density Separation Technique for the Recovery of Microplastics and Its Use on Marine Freshwater Sediments

Microplastics in Singapore´s Coastal Mangrove Ecosystems

A Quantitative Analysis of Microplastic Pollution Along the South-eastern Coastline of South Africa

Plastic Pollutants Within the Marine Environment of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Reading Between the Grains - Microplastics in Intertidal Beach Sediments of a World Heritage Area: Cleveland Bay (QLD), Australia

Patterns of Plastic Pollution in Offshore, Nearshore, and Estuarine Waters of Perth, Western Australia

Microplastics in Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Waters

Occurrence of Microplastics in the South Eastern Black Sea

Microplastics Migrations in Sea Coastal Zone: Baltic Amber as an Example

Simultaneous Trace Analysis of Nine Common Plastics in Environmental Samples via Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (Py-GCMS)

Extensive Review on the Presence of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Seafood: Data Gaps and Recommendations for Future Risk Assessment for Human Health

State of Knowledge on Human Health Implications on Consumption of Aquatic Organisms Containing Microplastics

Effects of PVC and Nylon Microplastics on Survival and Reproduction of the Small Terrestrial Earthworm Enchytraeus crypticus

Microplastics: Who Is at Risk?

Understanding Microplastic Distribution: A Global Citizen Monitoring Effort

Marine Litter in the North Sea: Experiences With Monitoring

Voluntary Beach Cleanups at Famara Beach, Lanzarote-Fighting Marine Litter Invasion and Accumulation Locally

The Wider Benefits of Cleaning Up Marine Plastic: Examining the Direct Impacts of Beach Cleans on the Volunteers

"Agüita con el Plástico : Society as Part of the Solution of Plastic Pollution

No Plastic Campaign Makes a Difference in Island of Principe Biosphere Reserve

Logistics of Coastline Plastic Cleanup and Recycling: A Literature Review and Research Opportunities

Tackling Microplastics on Land: Citizen Observatories of Anthropogenic Litter Dynamics Within the MSCA POSEIDOMM Project

Environmental Science Education: Methodologies to Promote Ocean Literacy

Microplastics, Convergence Areas, and Fin Whales in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Microplastics in Marine Mesoherbivores

Investigating the Presence and Effects of Microplastics in Sea Turtles

Microplastics Presence in Sea Turtles

Factors Determining the Composition of Plastics From the South Pacific Ocean-Are Seabirds Playing a Selective Role?

Microplastics and Marine Mammals: Studies From Ireland

Primary (Ingestion) and Secondary (Inhalation) Uptake of Microplastic in the Crab Carcinus maenas , and Its Biological Effects

Plastic in Atlantic Cod ( Gadus morhua ) From the Norwegian Coast

Extraction and Characterization of Microplastics in Marine Organisms Sampled at Giglio Island After the Removal of the Costa Concordia Wreck

Floating Plastic Marine Debris in the Balearic Islands: Ibiza Case Study

Enzymes-Essential Catalysts in Biodegradation of Plastics

Ireland´s Microplastics: Distribution in the Environment and Interactions With Marine Organisms

Deposition of Microplastics in Marine Sediments From the Irish Continental Shelf

Where Go the Plastics? And Whe

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