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http:\/\/barcelona.setac.eu\/scientific_programme\/tracks_and_sessions\/?contentid=854&pr_id=766&last=773&sub=854<\/a>\n\nTracks and sessions\n\nB - Aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology\n\nPlastics in the Aquatic Environment: Mechanisms and Implications.\n\nCHAIRS: Albert Aart Koelmans, Ellen Besseling, Won Joon Shim\n\nPollution with plastic litter is one of today?s major water quality\nproblems. The presence of microplastics in fresh and salt waters\nreceives growing interest from the scientific community, the public and\npolicy makers. Research initially focused on abundance and distribution\nof plastic in the environment, entanglement and ingestion by aquatic\norganisms, and development of methods to detect and characterize\n(micro-)plastics. Science in this field however, is rapidly evolving and\nthe past few years more mechanistic studies have been published aiming\nat acquiring a real understanding of sources, fate and effects of\nplastic particles of all relevant size classes. This may include the\nrole of land-based sources and riverine transport, mechanisms of plastic\nparticle formation and degradation, accumulation and losses of plastics\nin the oceans, the role of plastics as vectors of co-contaminants,\nmechanisms of effect and effect thresholds. Formation of micrometer- or\nnano-sized plastic particles may constitute an unforeseen hazard to\naquatic life but information still is limited. The session aims at\ndiscussing two main questions: ?What are the mechanisms behind what we\nsee in the laboratory and in the field?? and ?What are the consequences\nof these mechanisms for environmental exposure, effects and risks,\nincluding human consumption?. We specifically invite contributions that\neither provide innovative methodologies of general importance, or that\nprovide a novel mechanistic understanding of sources, fate and\/or\neffects of plastics in the aquatic environment.\n\nPRELIM SESSION TYPE: Platform and Poster<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/barcelona.setac.eu\/scientific_programme\/tracks_and_sessions\/?contentid=854&pr_id=766&last=773&sub=854 Tracks and sessions B – Aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology Plastics in the Aquatic Environment: Mechanisms and Implications. CHAIRS: Albert Aart Koelmans, Ellen Besseling, Won Joon Shim Pollution with plastic litter is one of today?s major water quality problems. The presence of microplastics in fresh and salt waters receives growing interest from the scientific community, the public and policy makers. Research initially focused on abundance and distribution of plastic in the environment, entanglement and ingestion by aquatic organisms, and development of methods to detect and characterize (micro-)plastics. Science in this field however, is rapidly evolving and the past few years more mechanistic studies have been published aiming at acquiring a real understanding of sources, fate and effects of plastic particles of all relevant size classes. This may include the role of land-based sources and riverine transport, mechanisms of plastic particle formation and degradation, accumulation and losses of plastics in the oceans, the role of plastics as vectors of co-contaminants, mechanisms of effect and effect thresholds. Formation of micrometer- or nano-sized plastic particles may constitute an unforeseen hazard to aquatic life but information still is limited. The session aims at discussing two main questions: ?What are the mechanisms behind what we see in the laboratory and in the field?? and ?What are the consequences of these mechanisms for environmental exposure, effects and risks, including human consumption?. We specifically invite contributions that either provide innovative methodologies of general importance, or that provide a novel mechanistic understanding of sources, fate and\/or effects of plastics in the aquatic environment. 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