H103
Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: Sources, Abundance, Dynamics, and Prediction
Session ID#: 251710
Session Description:
Microplastics (MPs; size ≤ 5 mm) are considered emerging contaminants with a long half-life and legacy effects. Microplastics have been ubiquitous in the environment worldwide, including in lakes, rivers, groundwater, Arctic snow, and oceans. MPs raise serious pollution concerns due to their prevalence, long-range transport, persistence, and adverse health impacts. However, the processes and associated drivers of MP distribution, fate, and transport dynamics are not well-understood, particularly along the continuum from sources through rivers to estuaries. Modeling and predictions of MP concentrations in waterbodies may involve high uncertainty, primarily due to the lack of observational data, as well as the parameterizations of a complex set of interactive and possibly scale-dependent physicochemical processes. This session invites abstracts on sources, abundance, controls, transport dynamics, modeling and predictions of MP distribution in aquatic ecosystems, including streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries.
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Index Terms:
0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Omar I. Abdul-Aziz, West Virginia University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Morgantown, WV, United States
Conveners: Abul Baki, Clarkson University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Potsdam, United States, Maryam Salehi, University of Missouri, Columbia, United States and Beizhan Yan, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Microplastic Pollution in Coastal Environment: Eco-Economic and Socio-Cultural Implications (1851347)
Folake Adelere1, Osemegbe Lydia Eboh2 and Victor Nwokama Akani2, (1)Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, Ogun State, Nigeria, Ota, Nigeria, (2)Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria, Fisheries, Lagos, Nigeria
Atlas of Ocean MIicroplastics (AOMI): a Comprehensive Multilevel Database of Microplastic Abundance in the World’s Upper Oceans (1852967)
Parsa Kian1, Atsuhiko Isobe2, Noriko Tamiya Hase3, Haruka Nakano4 and Ayami Sakai3, (1)Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, (2)Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Fukuoka, Japan, (3)Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan (MOEJ), Tokyo, Japan, (4)Center for Ocean Plastic Studies, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Fukuoka, Japan
Characteristics of microplastics in bedrock groundwater of Seoul Metropolitan city, Korea (1860478)
Eunju Jeong1, Jin-Yong Lee2, Mr. Jiwook Jang, PhD2 and Hye-Yeon Jeon3, (1)Kangwon National University, Department of Geology, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)Kangwon National University, Department of Geology, Chuncheon, South Korea, (3)Kangwon National University, depertment of geology, Chuncheon, South Korea
Microplastics Mapping in the Chattahoochee River: A Community-Engaged Research Project (1863159)
Annie Lin1, Ying Guo2, Qing Shao3 and Michelle Huang2, (1)Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, United States, (2)Georgia Gwinnett College, Chemistry, Lawrenceville, United States, (3)Georgia Gwinnett College, Physics, Lawrenceville, United States
Microplastic pollution in Pearl River networks: Characteristic, potential sources, and migration pathways (1863883)
Huan WANG1, Tingting Zhu2, Jun WANG3 and Yi LIU1,4, (1)The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) Thrust, Guangzhou, China, (2)Shenzhen Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Managing Technology of Drinking Water Source, Shenzhen, China, (3)The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Advanced Materials Thrust (AMAT), Guangzhou, China, (4)Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau (CORE), Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
The Effect of Biofouling on Global Microplastic Distribution (1884394)
Zih-En Tseng1, Yue Wu2, Christopher S Ruf3 and Yulin Pan2, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Studying Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in the Water Column: Informing Reliable Sampling Techniques (1886828)
Maryam Salehi1, Arghavan Beheshtimaal1, Ruicheng Xu2, Binbin Wang3 and Arghavan Beheshtimaal, (1)University of Missouri Columbia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Columbia, United States, (2)University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, United States, (3)University of Missouri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Columbia, MO, United States
Impact of logs on microplastic deposition and infiltration into a gravel bed via hyporheic exchange (1890979)
Shih-Hsun Huang1, Ehsan Zadehali2 and Judy Qingjun Yang2, (1)National Taiwan University, Department of Civil Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Simulating Microplastics Transport in Saturated Porous Media Using an Optimized Eulerian–Lagrangian Multiphase Modeling Framework (1893434)
Fuad Alqrinawi1, Zijian Chen1, Uwe Schneidewind1, Sophie Comer-Warner1, Stefan Krause1,2 and Bruño Fraga3, (1)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (2)University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés (LEHNA), Lyon, France, (3)University of Birmingham, Department of Civil Engineering, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Detection and distribution of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Antarctic Snow (1902718)
Cuizhu MA1, Huiping Deng2, Khue Nguyen3, Carli Canela4, Maureen E Raymo5, Marco Tedesco6, Wei Min2 and Beizhan Yan3, (1)Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (2)Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, United States, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (4)Columbia University, New York, United States, (5)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (6)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Runoff-driven transport of tire wear particles (TWPs) on impervious surfaces (1906046)
Hannah Hapich, University of California Riverside, Environmental Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States, Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, Kryss Waldschläger, Wageningen University, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands and Andrew B Gray, University of California Riverside, Environmental Science, Riverside, CA, United States
Microplastic Loading and Polymer Composition in Urban Coastal Stormwater from Southeast Florida (1914535)
Ali Ebrahimian, Florida International University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Miami, FL, United States, Marcellinus Ogudo, Florida International University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Institute of Environment, Miami, United States, Leonard Scinto, Florida International University, Department of Earth and Environment and Institute of Environment, Miami, United States and Piero Gardinali, Florida International University, Institute of Environment, Southeast Environmental Research Center, Miami, United States
Microplastic and Nanoplastic Characterization in New York City’s Tap Water by Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy (1915934)
Huiping Deng1, Giovana De Loia1, Elsy El Khoury1, Khue Nguyen2, Naixin Qian1, Wei Min1 and Beizhan Yan2, (1)Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, United States, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Elucidating Microplastic Transport Dynamics Across a River to Lake Transition at High Spatiotemporal Resolution (1916656)
Riley Moran1, Sherif Ghobrial2 and Brent A McKee1, (1)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (2)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States
Satellite-Based Marine Microplastic Detection Using Machine Learning Algorithms (1916953)
Abdul Mobin Ibna Ibna Hafiz, Florida State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, Tallahassee, United States, Maryam Salehi, University of Missouri, Columbia, United States and Dongmei Feng, Northeastern University, Boston, United States
Laboratory testing of microplastic transport in a sandy aquifer (1918641)
Sam San1, Charles Mwaipopo1, Micah Wyssmann2, Jejung Lee3, Jihye Cha4 and Jin-Yong Lee5, (1)University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States, (2)University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, United States, (3)University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, United States, (4)Kangwon National University, Department of Geology, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South), (5)Kangwon National University, Department of Geology, Chuncheon, South Korea
Trapped in the Beaufort Gyre: Is the Arctic Ocean Becoming a Plastic Sink? (1921907)
Cecilia Weaver, Community College of Denver, Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES, Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, United States, Lingwei Li, University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, United States and Jed E Lenetsky, University of Colorado at Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, United States
Decoding Plastic Pollution Pathways: Insights from Medium-Term Monitoring of the Arno River (Italy) (1922325)
Mirco Mancini1, Luca Solari1, Lorenzo Innocenti1, Andrea Dali2 and Maurizio Becucci2, (1)University of Florence, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florence, Italy, (2)University of Florence, Dept. of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff', Firenze, Italy
Arctic Ocean-Sea Ice Exchange of Microplastics in the CESM2 (1922599)
Lingwei Li, University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, United States, Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, United States and David Bailey, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CGD, Boulder, United States
A Two-State Flocculation Framework for Modeling Microplastic–Floc Interactions in Coastal Waters (1931642)
Yicheng Huang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Nan Wu, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Geography, London, United Kingdom; British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Zhaoqing Yang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
Immobilization of Nanoplastics (NPs) by Calcite Crystallization: Mechanistic Insight into Environmental Sequestration (1939417)
Soumadip Guchhait, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Earth Sciences, Nadia, India, Aniket Choudhary, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Earth Sciences, Kolkata, India and Gopala Krishna Darbha, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Earth Sciences, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Characterizing the temporal trends in the concentration and composition of microplastics over the last ~125 years in the Eastern Shore, Virginia (1952065)
Kameron Finch1, Tina Dura1, Austin Gray2, Jessica DePaolis3, Ted Docev1, Brandon Hatcher1, Miu Mottershead1 and David Reide Corbett4, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Biology, Blacksburg, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (4)East Carolina University, Department of Coastal Studies, Greenville, United States
Assessing microplastic abundance and type across a gradient of human interference in a reference prairie ecosystem (1954811)
Anna Vincent1, Shane Querubin1, Alexander Barb1, William M Miller1, Upasana Larson1, Martha Lopez-Salazar2, Tamara Meizoso Regueira3, Karl J Gnaedinger4, Ella Williams1 and Aaron Ian Packman1, (1)Northwestern University, Evanston, United States, (2)Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, United States, (3)Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (4)The Nature Conservancy, Chicago, United States
Thermal Oxidation Alters Leaching Potential of Dissolved Organic Carbon from Microplastics (1976779)
Karen McGuire-Diemer1, Sabrina Farias2, Andrea Arredondo1 and Jorge Gonzalez Estrella1, (1)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stillwater, United States, (2)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stillwater, OK, United States
Fate of Microplastics in Biosolids Treated by Anaerobic Digestion, Lime Stabilization, and Incineration in the USA and Canada (1979976)
Mohammad Hamza1, Farhad Jazaei1, Shubhashini Oza2, John Norton Jr.3, Kati Bell4, Allegra K. da Silva5, Muhammad Fahim Aslam6, Alireza Bakhshaee6 and Saliha Qamar6, (1)University of Memphis, Civil Engineering, Memphis, United States, (2)Brown and Caldwell, Lakewood, United States, (3)Great lakes water authority, Detroit, United States, (4)Hazen and Sawyer, Nashville, United States, (5)Great Lakes Water Authority, Michigan, United States, (6)University of Memphis, Civil Engineering, Memphis, TN, United States
Removal of Microplastics by Bioretention Systems in a Suburban Setting: Comparison of Two Rain Gardens of Different Ages (1983478)
Erica Forgione, Villanova University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova, United States and Kelly Good, PhD, Villanova University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Villanova, PA, United States
A Multifaceted Thermal Desorption–GCMS Approach for Simultaneous Profiling of Phthalate Leachates and Polymer-Specific Fragments from PET and PVC (1983897)
Sabrina Farias1, Karen McGuire-Diemer2, Andrea Arredondo2 and Jorge Gonzalez Estrella2, (1)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stillwater, OK, United States, (2)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stillwater, United States
Thermal Oxidation, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Mechanical Abrasion - Understanding Mechanisms of Microplastic Generation and Chemical Transformation (1987063)
Andrea Arredondo1, Dulce Gallardo-Owens1, Sabrina Farias2, Justin Scott1, Xuewen Wang3, Wesley Cochran1, Eliane El Hayek4, Matteo Minghetti3, José M. Cerrato5 and Jorge Gonzalez Estrella1, (1)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stillwater, United States, (2)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stillwater, OK, United States, (3)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, United States, (4)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, United States, (5)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Gerald May Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States
Invisible Threat, Visible Solutions: Microplastics in Southeast Asia (2001831)
Melissa Lenczewski, Northern Illinois University, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, DeKalb, United States and Chit Wityi Oo, Northern Illinois University, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, DeKalb, IL, United States
