12/12/2024
This workshop will address the issue of marine litter in the Atlantic Ocean. It will discuss the physical and chemical processes, among others, that influence both the transport and accumulation of marine litter in order to try to find solutions.
Date: 12 December 2024.
Venue: Canary Islands Oceanographic Centre , Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Organizer: University of La Laguna, Spanish Institute of Oceanography and University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Research groups and rechearchers:
Anna Cunill i Saez (EOMAR): Oral presentation ‘Impacts of Cigarette Butt Leachates on Palaemon elegans’,
Sofía Huelbes Muñoz (EOMAR): Poster presentation ‘Analyzing the presence of microplastics in Cronius ruber and their possible relationship with wastewater discharges’.
Francisco José Machín Jiménez (OFYGA): Organiser.