H33Q:
Plastic in River Systems Posters


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Session ID#: 49278

Session Description:
Plastic pollution in river systems is a widely recognized global problem with severe environmental risks. Besides the direct negative effects on river ecosystems, plastic pollution in rivers is also considered a dominant source of plastic input into the oceans.

In this session we invite contributions that focus on (but are not limited to):

  • Quantification of plastic in river systems;
  • Composition of riverine plastic;
  • Spatiotemporal variation of riverine plastic;
  • Relations between plastic pollution and e.g. population density, human behavior and waste management;
  • Relation between plastic, hydrology and hydraulics
  • Measuring and monitoring techniques for riverine plastic;
  • Modeling approaches for local and/or global river output estimations;
  • ...

This session will scheduled as AGU Short Talks, with 5-8 minutes for each presentation, followed by a plenary discussion on the current state and future challenges in riverine plastic research.

Primary Convener:  Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Convener:  Michelle Maureen Loozen, The Ocean Cleanup, Delft, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Chairs:  Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands and Michelle Maureen Loozen, The Ocean Cleanup, Delft, Netherlands
OSPA Liaison:  Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

Cross-Listed:
  • GH - GeoHealth
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0299 General or miscellaneous [GEOHEALTH]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
4323 Human impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Fishing for plastic in Florida: Field monitoring of plastic loads in an urban river (348877)
Charlotte Haberstroh, University of South Florida Tampa, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tampa, FL, United States and Mauricio Eduardo Arias, University of South Florida, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tampa, United States
Microplastics in the Fraser River, B.C., Canada (370400)
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink1, Madelaine Bourdages2, Max Beaurepaire3, Julia Paine4, Frieder Klein5, Valier Galy6, Tracy J Mincer7, Sharon Louise Gillies2 and Steven J Marsh2, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, (3)ENS Lyon, Lyon, France, (4)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, United States, (6)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (7)Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, United States
Controls on Microplastic Vertical Distribution in an Urban Environment; in the Thames River, London, UK (373026)
Yasmin Victoria Yonan, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1, United Kingdom
Microplastics in the Lafayette River estuary, Norfolk, Virginia, USA (422852)
Ana Grace Alvarado, College of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, MN, United States, Richard P Hale, Old Dominion University, Dept. of Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Norfolk, VA, United States, Derek C Waggoner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States, Nora K Noffke, Old Dominion University, Ocean and Earth Science, Norfolk, United States and Patrick G Hatcher, Old Dominion University, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Norfolk, VA, United States

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