H080
Plastics in the Hydrosphere: From Source to Sink

Session ID#: 160879

Session Description:
The accumulation of plastic debris in the environment is of increasing concern. Besides the direct negative effects on human livelihood and (aquatic) ecosystems, land-based plastics are also considered the dominant source of ocean plastic pollution. The understanding of the fate and transport of (micro)plastics within freshwater and terrestrial environments is still at an early stage.
In this session, we invite contributions that focus on the study of plastics in freshwater, terrestrial and oceanic systems including, but not limited to: Plastic detection techniques and (long-term) monitoring; Source and (bio)accumulation investigations; Hydrologic transport processes; Pollution prevention, mitigation and reduction; Outreach and stakeholder involvement efforts.


We welcome studies focused on all sizes (macro, micro and nano), geographic areas and ecosystems (land, freshwater, estuary, ocean).

Index Terms:

0478 Pollution: urban, regional and global [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
4251 Marine pollution [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]


Primary Convener:  Uwe Schneidewind, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Daniel Mark Saftner, Desert Research Institute Reno, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, NV, United States, Jason H Davison, Catholic University of America, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, United States and Anne Jefferson, Kent State University Kent Campus, Kent, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jason H Davison, Catholic University of America, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, United States
 
Deep Learning Model for Evaluation of Area and Types of Floating Macroplastics in Rivers (1045353)
Hiro Ota, Tokyo University of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, Tomoya Kataoka, Ehime University, Matsuyama-shi, Japan, Takushi Yoshida, Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Taito-Ku, Japan and Yasuo Nihei, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
 
Plastic in the deep sea – the ocean floor reservoir (Invited) (1046178)
Xia Zhu1, Chelsea Rochman2, Britta Denise Hardesty3 and Chris Wilcox3, (1)University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)University of Toronto, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere Business Unit, Hobart, Australia
 
Effects of Freshwater Biofilm Biomass, Biodiversity, and Water Parameters on Microplastic Distribution in the Potomac River (1049478)
Joseph Barnes1, Jesse Meiller1, Barbara Balestra2, Karen L. Knee1 and John Adam Frederick3, (1)American University, Washington, DC, United States, (2)American University, Environmental Science Department, Washington, United States, (3)Maryland Sea Grant, Baltimore, United States
 
Microplastics in the Mekong River, Cambodia: Preliminary results (Invited) (1051924)
Rachel Kozloski, Desert Research Institute Las Vegas, Reno, United States, Seila Chea, Wonders of the Mekong, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, United States, Kerri L Minatre, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Sudeep Chandra, University of Nevada Reno, Global Water Center and Biology Department, Reno, United States, Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada Reno, Global Water Center and Biology Department, Reno, NV, United States and Yeongkwon Son, Desert Research Institute, Reno, United States
 
Variability in microplastic sediment concentrations in the Upper Okavango Delta (1061463)
Uwe Schneidewind1, Liam Kelleher2, Stefan Krause2, Lee Haverson2, Vittorio Maselli3, Mike Murray-Hudson4 and Fulvio Franchi5, (1)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (2)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (3)Dalhousie University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Halifax, NS, Canada, (4)University of Botswana Okavango Research Institute, Maun, Botswana, (5)Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palapye, Botswana
 
Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Riverine Plastic Transport in Continental and Global Scales by Developing an Advanced Process-based Model (1065178)
Tadanobu Nakayama and Masahiro Osako, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
 
Microplastic Size Fractions in the St Louis Estuary and Lake Superior (1067662)
Elizabeth C Minor1, Ariyah A. Thomas2, Guenter D. Schwoerer2, Kathryn M Schreiner3 and Melissa A Maurer-Jones2, (1)University of Minnesota Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory and Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duluth, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duluth, MN, United States, (3)University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Duluth, United States
 
Computer Vision for the Use of Trash Detection, Classification, and Tracking (1069691)
Jason H Davison1, Matthew J Jacobs2, Wesley Garnes3, Alanson Johnson4, Megan Metzger4, Ellen O'Brien5, Grace Pooley1 and Blaise Trapani5, (1)Catholic University of America, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, United States, (2)Catholic University of America, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Catholic University of America, Mechanical Engineering, Washington, United States, (5)Catholic University of America, Computer Science, Washington, United States
 
PARTI (Particle Tracking-Inversion): A Numerical Microplastic Source Location Study (1070066)
Grace Pooley1, Alanson Johnson2, Megan Metzger2, Rachel Kozloski3, Monica M Arienzo4 and Jason H Davison1, (1)Catholic University of America, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, United States, (2)Catholic University of America, Mechanical Engineering, Washington, United States, (3)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (4)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, United States
 
Dependency of microplastic horizontal distribution on the size and density of particles accumulated on the seafloor in Otsuchi Bay, Japan (1071060)
Yehao WANG, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Kashiwa shi, Japan, Kosei Komatsu, AORI, Univ. Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, Shinichi Ito, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Yoshimasa Matsumura, The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan and Rei Yamashita, The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
 
Plastic Distribution and Degradation in the Urban Fluvial Environment (1075145)
Annika Dudik, Alexis Mitchell, Anne Jefferson, Allyson C Tessin and Timothy M Gallagher, Kent State University Kent Campus, Kent, United States
 
Beaches as dynamic plastic storage zones: case study of a Lake Erie urban beach (1081194)
Anne Jefferson, Kayla Kearns, Alexis Mitchell and Kylie Snyder, Kent State University Kent Campus, Kent, United States
 
Crayfish as Indicators of 6PPD-quinone (1081517)
Elizabeth Herrmann and Mary Engels, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
 
The influence of various factors on microplastic contamination in groundwater (1084784)
Eunju Jeong and Jin-Yong Lee, Kangwon National University, Department of Geology, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
Are we timing it right? Snapshot versus high-frequency microplastic sampling in river water (1086286)
Anna Kukkola, Lee Haverson, Uwe Schneidewind, Jennifer Drummond, Holly Nel, Iseult Lynch, Gregory Sambrook Smith, Liam Kelleher and Stefan Krause, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
 
Microplastic Deposition in Sandy Streams with Moving Bedforms (1087078)
Shai Arnon1, Eshel Peleg2, Verena Sophie Levy-Sturm2, Silvia Gobrecht2, Roy Bernstein2 and Yoni Teitelbaum3, (1)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Beer Sheva, Israel, (2)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel, (3)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
 
Drivers of Microplastic Ingestion by Fish in Four Inland Lakes, Minnesota, USA (1089075)
Kathryn M Schreiner, University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Duluth, United States, Peter Conowall, University of Minnesota Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory, Duluth, United States, Joseph Marchand, University of Minnesota Duluth, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Duluth, United States, Elizabeth C Minor, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, United States, Casey Schoenebeck, Department of Natural Resources Minnesota, Saint Paul, United States and Thomas Hrabik, University of Minnesota Duluth, Biology, Duluth, United States
 
Impact of Bed Permeability, Bedform, and Flow Velocity on Microplastic Fate in Streams (1089171)
Huan Yang and Hosein Foroutan, Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, United States
 
Understanding the Fate of Nanoplastics in the Riverine Environment: Influence of Freshwater Mineral Weathering Sequence (1100400)
Aniket Choudhary, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, India and Gopala Krishna Darbha, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Kolkata, India
 
Comparison of Microplastic Occurrence in Groundwater in Eastern and Western Parts on Jeju Volcanic Islands, Korea (1102179)
Young-In Kim, Eunju Jeong and Jin-Yong Lee, Kangwon National University, Department of Geology, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
Microplastic contamination of agricultural groundwater in Haean, Republic of Korea (1102688)
Jihye Cha, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South) and Jin-Yong Lee, Kangwon National University, Department of Geology, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
Urbanization and Flooding Enhance Microplastic Pollution in Karst Aquifers (1108085)
Teresa Baraza and Elizabeth Ann Hasenmueller, Saint Louis University, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis, United States
 
Microplastic Partitioning between Sediment and Water in an Urban Watershed (1114723)
Natalie Hernandez and Elizabeth Ann Hasenmueller, Saint Louis University, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis, United States
 
Investigation and Identification of the Microplastics Presence in the Soil (1115204)
Muhammad Masood Ashiq1, Farhad Jazaei1, Ahmed Shakir Ali1 and Alireza Bakhshaee2, (1)University of Memphis, Civil Engineering, Memphis, United States, (2)University of Memphis, Civil Engineering, Memphis, TN, United States
 
Characterization and Seasonal Monitoring of Atmospheric Microplastics Deposited in Alpine Environments using Snow Stratigraphy and Passive Sampling (1119381)
Jay Gan, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, United States and Aleksandra Karapetrova, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States
 
The Suppression of Ocean Surface Roughness by Algal Blooms and Surfactants Acting as Microplastic Tracers (1126024)
Gopal Sundaram, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, United States and Madeline Evans, University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
 
Mapping Plastic in an Urban Watershed Using Field Surveys, Spectral Signatures, and Multispectral Remote Sensing (1128593)
Elena Aguilar, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States, Daniel Sousa, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, United States and Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States
 
Characterization of Atmospheric Microplastics in Large Hailstones from Two Central Texas Supercell Thunderstorms (1129477)
Thomas edward Nordstrand1, Andre Felton1, Harshad Vijay Kulkarni2, Yongli Gao2, Jeffrey T Hutchinson3 and Stephen F Ackley4, (1)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas at San Antonio, Environmental Science & Ecology, San Antonio, TX, United States, (4)University of Texas at San Antonio, NASA Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments (CAMEE), San Antonio, TX, United States
 
Effect of Plastics on Sediment Mobility in Rivers and Coastal Areas. (1135583)
Juan Martin Andrade, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States and Rafael O Tinoco, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
 
Quantitative analysis of micro/nano-plastic particles in water empowered by machine learning (1136774)
Zi Wang1, Abolghasem Pilechi2, Maïline Fok Cheung3 and Parisa A Ariya1, (1)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada, (3)McGill Univeristy, Montreal, Canada
 
Quantification of Microplastics Mass Concentration using Images of Microplastics Stained with Nile Red (1142460)
Suhyeon PARK1, TaeJung Ha1 and Minjune Yang2, (1)Pukyong National University, Division of Earth Environmental System Sciences, Busan, South Korea, (2)Pukyong National University, Division of Earth Environmental System Sciences-Major of Environmental Geosciences, Busan, South Korea
 
Dunes, Microplastics and Time: Distribution of Microplastics in Sediments of the River Waal (Rhine), Netherlands (1144994)
Thaienne A.G.P Van Dijk1,2, Stefan Krause3, Jim Best2,4, Uwe Schneidewind5, Erik Van Onselen6 and Lee Haverson3, (1)Deltares, Department of Applied Geology and Geophysics, Delft, Netherlands, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Geology, Champaign, United States, (3)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Departments of Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, United States, (5)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (6)Deltares, Department of Applied Geology and Geophysics, Utrecht, Netherlands
 
The Plastic Beneath our Feet - Relevance and Magnitude of Microplastics in Groundwater Systems (1145472)
Stefan Krause, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Uwe Schneidewind, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, Julia Reiss, Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom, Dan Perkins, Roehampton University, Roehampton, London, United Kingdom and Anne Robertson, University of Roehampton, Centre for Research in Ecology, London, United Kingdom
 
Understanding fate and transport of marine litter along a vegetated coastal dune and beach system in the Po river delta (Italy) (1151339)
William Nardin, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, United States and Corinne Corbau, University of Ferrara, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Ferrara, Italy
 
Microplastics Research Data: Evaluating the Current State of Findability and Accessibility and Recommendations for Improving Data Sharing (1151357)
Tia Jenkins1, Bhaleka Persaud2, Win Cowger3, Kathy Szigeti4, Dominique G Roche5,6, Erin Clary7, Stephanie Slowinski8, Benjamin Lei9, Amila Abeynayaka10, Ebenezer ES Nyadjro11,12, Thomas Maes13, Leah Thornton Hampton14, Melanie Bergmann15, Julian Aherne16, Sherri A. Mason17, John F Honek18, Fereidoun Rezanezhad8, Amy Lusher19, Andy M Booth20, Rodney Smith1 and Philippe Van Cappellen8, (1)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (2)University of Waterloo, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (3)Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, Long Beach, United States, (4)Davis Centre Library, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (5)Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (6)Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, (7)Digital Research Alliance of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (8)University of Waterloo, Ecohydrology Research Group, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (9)University of Waterloo, Chemistry, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (10)Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES), Kanagawa, Japan, (11)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Starkville, United States, (12)Northern Gulf Institute, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, Starkville, United States, (13)GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway, (14)Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Costa Mesa, United States, (15)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (16)Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, (17)The Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, United States, (18)University of Waterloo, Chemistry, Waterloo, Canada, (19)Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway, (20)SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway
 
Buoyant, Non-Spherical Plastic Particles in Turbulent Wind-Driven Waves (1158305)
Lucia Baker1, Anusha Aggarwal1, Julio E Chávez-Dorado1, Inessa Garrey1 and Michelle DiBenedetto2, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, United States, (2)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
 
A social-ecological-technological systems approach to understanding microplastic pollution at the river basin scale (1166145)
Heejun Chang, Portland State University, Department of Geography, Portland, OR, United States, Janice Brahney, Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, United States, Elise F Granek, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States, Sarah Carvill, Portland State University, Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland, United States, Jordyn Wolfand, University of Portland, Shiley School of Engineering, Portland, OR, United States and Nancee Hunter, Portland State University, Department of Geography, Portland, United States
 
Investigation of the factors influencing the kinetic of UV photodegradation of microplastics (MPs): an implication of water resources contamination susceptibility (1166992)
Gholamreza Bonyadinejad, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States and Maryam Salehi, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA, Memphis, United States
 
Assessing and Mapping Microplastic Distribution in North American Beach Sands: Applying a Simple Method Toward a Continental-Scale Interactive GIS Interface (1167346)
Olivia Najjar and David Sunderlin, Lafayette College, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Easton, PA, United States
 
Updates from the FLuorescence for Ocean Research and Observations (FLORO) experiment to investigate multi-functional lidar measurements to identify and characterize marine debris (1174787)
Madeline Cowell1, Collin P Ward2, Sarah Grunsfeld1, Betsy Maria Farris1, James Van Rudd1, Zachary Rovig1, Sara Tucker1, Brady Hill1, Yongxiang Hu3, Davida Streett4, Jessica Levine4 and Juan Velasco4, (1)Ball Aerospace, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (4)NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, United States
 
Predicting Microplastic Migration in Streams through Dynamic Flow Hydrologic Modeling and Direct Measurements of Accumulation Patterns, Deposition and Resuspension Rates (1178571)
Jennifer D Drummond1, Uwe Schneidewind2, Tomás Aquino3, Anna Kukkola4, Holly Nel4 and Stefan Krause4, (1)University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (2)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (3)University of Rennes, Rennes - CEDEX, France, (4)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
 
SERS-based detection of LDPE type microplastics in the aqueous environment (1180031)
Prasanth Babu Ramesh1,2, Haritha Joseph1,2, Ankit Dodla1,2, Shobha Shukla2 and Sumit Saxena2, (1)IITB-Monash Research Academy, Mumbai, India, (2)Nanostructures Engineering and Modeling Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
 
Plastic as a sediment in riverbeds (1185219)
Catherine Russell, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, United States, Robert Mahon, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States, Florian Pohl, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Roberto Fernández, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, United States, Daniel R Parsons, University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom; University of Loughborough, Loughborough, United Kingdom and Sarah E Gabbott, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
 
Conceptual Framework of Identification and Characterizing Plastic Marine Debris in Ocean using Spectral Information (1193809)
Ahmad Shaqeer Mohamed Thaheer and Yukihiro Takahashi, Hokkaido University, Faculty of Science, Sapporo, Japan
 
Occurrence and Source of Microplastics in the Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal (1195318)
Bangshuai Han1, Moayad Yacoub2, Bless Adjornor2, Kirsten N Nicholson3 and Klaus Neumann3, (1)Ball State University, Muncie, IN, United States, (2)Ball State University, Muncie, United States, (3)Ball State University, Department of Environment, Geology, and Natural Resources, Muncie, United States
 
Transport Mechanics of Microplastic Fibers in a Porous Media Model (1201549)
Dakota Donaldson, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, United States, Tyler Fouty, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, United States and Nick Engdahl, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States
 
Spatial distribution and source identification of microplastics and associated contaminants from high altitude Himalayan Lake in NW Himalayas (1202824)
Bulbul Mehta, Sunil Kumar, Ajay Bhatt and Anoop Ambili, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India
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