21
Jun 2021
Microplastic research
Last week, here in ULPGC, from 14 to 18 of june, was held a course named “Introduction to the Microplastic research”, organized by us. During that week, 6 talks and 5 workshops were given.
TALKS:
(*) Current status of microplastic pollution in the Canary Islands and its transfer in food chain. May Gómez, Alicia Herrera
(*) Adsorbed pollutants by microplastics: types, analytic methodologies and current studies. Javier Hernández Borges
(*) Microplastics by land, sea and air. Miguel González Pleiter
(*) Removal of microplastics in sewage treatment plants. Javier Bayo Bernal
WORKSHOPS:
(*) Microplastics in fish (May Gómez, Alicia Herrera)
(*) Microplastic sampling in beaches (Alicia Herrera)
(*) Counting and analysing of microplastics by image analysis (Modesto Castrillón, Javier Lorenzo)
(*) Microplastic analysis by FTIR (Mª Dolores Marrero, Zaida Ortega)
(*) Plastics and microplastics impact on sea turtles (Ana Liria Loza, Patricia Ostiategui)