VIII International Symposium on Marine Sciences
We would like to congratulate our RESPONSE research partners on their participation in this year’s International Workshop on Marine Litter -BAMAR, at the VIII International Symposium on Marine Sciences, held at Gran Canaria. Our partners participated across a number of sessions giving oral and poster presentations on their project work to date.
The full programme of events is available here, and session details are outlined below.
Olalla Alonso-Lopez presenting at ISMS 2022 (Image Credit: Beatriz Noya-Mariño)
Oral/Poster Session Details
Kevin Ugwu, Anna Rotander, A. Vianello and Rodrigo Almeda (Poster) - “Comparison of effective methods for quantification of plankton-sized microplastics: the case of the Gulf of Bothnia, Sweden” | Poster Session | Topic - Harmonization of Procedures and Characterization of MPs and Plastic’| Wednesday 6th July 2022, 18:30.
Jessy Le Du-Carrée and Rodrigo Almeda (Talk) - “Impact of leachate from car tire microplastics on the marine heterotrophic dinoflagellate, Oxyrrhis marina”| Oral Session E (BAMAR-058)| Topic - Plastic additives and leachates: the hidden threat of marine plastic pollution | Thursday 7th July 2022, 10:30-10:45.
Sinja Rist and Rodrigo Almeda (Talk) - “How car tire leachates affect sea urchin larvae” | Oral Session-E (BAMAR-016) | Topic - Plastic Additives and Leachates: The Hidden Threat of Marine Plastic Pollution | Thursday 7th July 2022, 10:45-11:00
Olalla Alonso-López , Filipe Laranjeiro, and Ricardo Beiras (Talk) - “Marine Plastic Litter Risk Assessment: A Proposal Based on Chemical and Physical Properties of Plastic” | Oral Session A (BAMAR – 042) | Topic - Effects of Plastic Litter and MPs on Biota | Thursday 7th July 2022,12:15-12:30.
Rocío Rodríguez–Torres, Rodrigo Almeda, Jiayi Xu, Nanna Hartmann, Sinja Rist, Philipp Brun , Torkel Gissel Nielsen (Talk) - “Copepods Behaviour Reduces the Risk of Entry of Microplastics in Marine Food Webs” | Oral Session A (BAMAR-023) | Topic - Effects of Plastic Litter and MPs on Biota | Thursday 7th July 2022, 12:30-12:45.
Gunaalan Kuddithamby, Rodrigo Almeda, Torkel Gissel Nielsen, Claudia Lorenz, Alvise Vianello, Rocío Rodriguez-Torres, Lucian Iordachescu, Konstantinos Papacharalampos and Jes Vollertsen (Poster) - “Is zooplankton an entry point of microplastics in the marine food web? A case study in the Kattegat Sea” | Topic - Effects of plastic litter and MPs on biota | Thursday 7th July 2022, 12:45-13:00
Jiayi Xu, Rocío Rodríguez-Torres, Sinja Rist, Torkel Gissel Nielsen, Nanna Bloch Hartmann, Philipp Brun, Daoji Li and Rodrigo Almeda (Talk) - “Plastic Doesn´t Taste Good! Efficient Taste-discrimination of Microplastics in Planktonic Copepods” | Oral Session A (BAMAR -069) | Topic - Effects of Plastic Litter and MPs on Biota | Thursday 7th July 2022, 13:00-13:15.
Marta Sampalo, Jessy le Du, Ico Martinez, May Gomez and Rodrigo Almeda (Talk) - “Effect of Tire Wear Leachates on Phytoplankton Communities of the Canary Islands” | Poster Session | Topic - Effects of Plastic Litter and MPs on Biota | Thursday 7th July 2022, 18:30
Moderated Sessions
Sinja Rist and Rodrigo Almeda | Oral Session E | Plastic Additives and Leachates: The Hidden Threat of Marine Plastic Pollution | Thursday 7th July 2022, 10:00-11:30.
Sinja Rist and Rodrigo Almeda | Oral Session A | Effects of Plastic Litter and MPs on Biota | Thursday 7th July 2022, 17:30-18:30.
Alicia Herrera and Rodrigo Almeda | Oral Session F | Oceanic islands as hotspots of plastic pollution: the case of Canary Islands | Friday 8th July 2022, 10:00-11:30.