H108
Plastics in the Geosphere
Session ID#: 85532
Session Description:
The accumulation of plastic debris in the environment is an increasing concern. Microplastics (plastics < 5mm) are considered an emerging environmental contaminant because of their chemical composition, insolubility and durability, which leads to their ubiquity in aquatic environments and bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms and ultimately pose a risk for human health. The understanding of the fate and transport of (micro)plastics within freshwater and terrestrial environments is still in its infancy. In this session, we invite contributions that focus on the study of plastics in freshwater, terrestrial and oceanic systems including, but not limited to: macro and microplastic quantification; source investigations; transport processes of plastics; novel detection and measurement methods; bioaccumulation; mitigation; and outreach.
Index Terms:
1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
Conveners: Jennifer D Drummond, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, Charlotte Haberstroh, University of South Florida Tampa, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tampa, FL, United States and Sarah-Jeanne Royer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, Honolulu, HI, United States
Primary Liaison: Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
Plastic contamination of soil: is compost the source? (487944)
Melanie Braun1, Aylin Krupp1, Rene Heyse1, Matthias Mail2 and Wulf Amelung1, (1)University of Bonn, Institute of Crop Sciences and Resource Conservation, Bonn, Germany, (2)University of Bonn, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, Bonn, Germany
Imaging Ocean Microplastic Dynamics from Space (492225)
Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Madeline Evans, University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Plastic litter in freshwaters: An ecosystem approach (Invited) (493110)
Timothy James Hoellein1, Rachel McNeish2, Anna Vincent1, Loren Hou3, Elizabeth Berg3, Lauren Wisbrock3 and John J Kelly1, (1)Loyola University Chicago, Department of Biology, Chicago, IL, United States, (2)California State University Bakersfield, Department of Biology, Bakersfield, CA, United States, (3)Loyola University Chicago, Department of Biology, Chicago, United States
Plastic debris in rivers (494678)
Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University and Research Center, Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen, Netherlands and Anna Schwarz, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, The Hague, Netherlands
Microplastic Accumulation in Floodplains (499386)
Nicholas Daniel Christensen1, Jonathan A Czuba1 and Justin Barone2, (1)Virginia Tech, Biological Systems Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Biological Systems Engineering, Blacksburg, United States
Case Study on Developing a Citizen Science Protocol for Microplastics in Lake Tahoe (500282)
Meghan Collins, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Zoe Harrold, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, United States, Zack Bradford, League to Save Lake Tahoe, Natural Resources, South Lake Tahoe, United States and Emily Frey, League to Save Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, United States
Distributions and dynamics of microplastics in Georgia estuarine waters (507222)
Jay Brandes, University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Department of Marine Sciences, Savannah, GA, United States and Dorothea Sanders, University of Georgia, Marine Extension, Savannah, GA, United States
The ecological fate and transport mechanisms of microplastics in major rivers and their surrounding coastline: a case study in the Mekong River, SE Asia (514747)
Freija Mendrik1, Christopher R Hackney2, Daniel R Parsons1, Vivien Cumming3, Robert Michael Dorrell2, Catherine Waller1 and Grigorios Vasilopoulos1, (1)University of Hull, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (2)University of Hull, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (3)Science Stories Limited, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
River corridors are global hotspots of microplastic pollution, exceeding the amount of plastics found in the world’s oceans (517095)
Stefan Krause1,2, Holly Nel3, Jennifer D Drummond4, Jesus D Gomez-Velez5, Iseult Lynch3, Gregory Sambrook Smith3 and Anna Kukkola3, (1)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (2)University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LEHNA - Laboratory of Ecology of Natural and Man-Impacted Hydrosystems, Lyon, France, (3)University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (4)University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (5)Vanderbilt University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nashville, TN, United States
Introduction to High Volume Sampling: A novel method for sampling microplastics in diverse aqueous systems (518529)
Zoe Harrold1, Monica M Arienzo1, Meghan Collins1, Xuelian Bai2 and Julia Mae Davidson3, (1)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (2)Desert Research Institute Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States, (3)University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States
Microplastic presence in seasonal snow from the Sierra Nevada (524121)
Julia Mae Davidson1,2, Monica M Arienzo1 and Zoe Harrold3, (1)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (2)University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (3)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, United States
Distribution, composition, and ecological risks of microplastics in mangrove wetlands, China (540976)
Min Wei Chai1, Ruili LI1, Lingyun Yu2 and Xiaoxue Shen3, (1)School of Environmental and Energy, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen, China, (2)School of Environment and Energy, Peking University, Shenzhen, China, (3)Peking University, Beijing, China
The Influence of Sampling Method on Measured Microplastic Concentration (546229)
Lisa Watkins, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Pat Sullivan, Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, Ithaca, NY, United States and Todd Walter, Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States
Occurrence and Fate of Microplastics in Agricultural Runoff from Land Application of Biosolids (546257)
Meredith Sutton1, Nasrin Naderi Beni2, Brittany Trejo3, Tiffany Messer3, John Gilley4 and Shannon Bartelt-Hunt2, (1)University of Virginia, Engineering Systems and Environment, Charlottesville, United States, (2)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Civil Engineering, Lincoln, NE, United States, (3)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Biological Systems Engineering, Lincoln, United States, (4)USDA ARS, Pendleton, United States
Microplastics in Nebraska’s shorelines and wastewater treatment plants: Occurrence and identification using a simple method (623411)
Nasrin Naderi Beni1, Zachary Mahon1, Meredith Sutton2 and Shannon Bartelt-Hunt1, (1)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Civil Engineering, Lincoln, NE, United States, (2)University of Virginia, Engineering Systems and Environment, Charlottesville, United States
Gone with the wind: Aeolian transport of microplastics (634345)
Sanjay K Mohanty, University of California Los Angeles, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Dona Jamie Leonard, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, Brenton S Sharratt, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA, United States and Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Earth & Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
