PAPER IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Distribution and composition of floating macro litter off the Azores archipelago and Madeira (NE Atlantic) using opportunistic surveys (2018)

Spatio-temporal variability of beached macro-litter on remote islands of the North Atlantic (2018)

Plastic ingestion in oceanic-stage loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) off the North Atlantic subtropical gyre (2017)

Marine litter on the seafloor of the Faial-Pico Passage, Azores Archipelago (2017)

Abundance of litter on Condor seamount (Azores, Portugal, Northeast Atlantic) (2013)

Collaborations with other scientists/research groups;

First evaluation of neustonic microplastics in the Macaronesian region, NE Atlantic (2020)

Data Collection on Marine Litter Ingestion in Sea Turtles and Thresholds for Good Environmental Status (2019)

Marine animal forests as useful indicators of entanglement by marine litter (2018)

Editorial: Plastic Pollution (2017)

Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins (2014)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS

We have participated in different international and national meetings on this topic. Several public lectures were held to promote stakeholder dialogue and linkages between industry, society and policy. Such meetings are essential for achieving transversal solutions. In addition, we have organized a series of training sessions targeting park rangers not only to increase their knowledge about the issue but also to encourage data collection and their participation to future monitoring programs.

5th High-Level Industry-Science-Government Dialogue on Atlantic Interactions

28-30th April, 2019, Lagos, Nigeria.

https://aircentre.org/

Funded by the DRCT

(Direção Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia, Azores)

4th High-Level Industry-Science-Government Dialogue on Atlantic Interactions

26-27th November, 2018, Canary Islands, Spain.

https://aircentre.org/

MICRO 2018

Fate and Impact of Microplastics: Knowledge, Actions and Solutions

The international conference 19 – 23 November 2018, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain.

https://micro2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/6

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Colloques tortues Marine Rochelle. GTMF, 12-16 November, 2018. La Rochelle, France.

International Workshop on Seafloor Macro Litter Monitoring, 30-31st May, 2018 Bremerhaven, Germany

MODELPlastics: Modelling Ocean Plastic Litter in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Mitigations. 26th-28th April 2018, Porto, Portugal.

Sixth International Marine Conference - Março, 2018, San Diego. USA. http://internationalmarinedebrisconference.org/

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First Portuguese Conference on Marine Litter (1CPLM) and Microplastic Research Workshop, Lisbon, September 15th-17th, 2016.

Two oral communications were presented in these two events. One communication focused on presenting the results of the current project while the other focused solely on providing a review of the different methodologies employed in the several tasks of the project, from beach sampling to accidental ingestion by marine fauna.

Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecossystems: From coastline to the open sea.

International Conference, Lanzarote, Spain 25-27 May 2016.

Three members of the team participated in this International Conference in the Canary Islands to give one oral presentation, focusing on the beach surveys around the archipelago (Marine litter accumulation in the Azores Archipelago, Azorlit preliminary data) and to present two posters (see Annex A3 and A4). One of them focused on the preliminary results obtained from the analysis of stomach contents in different organisms (Monitoring plastic ingestion in selected Azorean marine organisms) while the other focused on the outreach activities developed in Faial Island (Tackling marine litter: Awareness and Outreach in Faial Island, Azores).

https://micro2016.sciencesconf.org/

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Marine and Coastal Science (MCS) Workshop, Horta, June 27th - 1st July, 2016.

An oral communication was presented in this workshop with the following title: Challenges in Monitoring the Abundance and Distribution of Marine Litter. The presentation included references to the work developed under this Project.

1º Congresso Português sobre Microplásticos: Contaminação Ambiental por Microplásticos e suas Implicações para a Saúde dos Ecossistemas, Animal e Humana, Porto 19-20 December 2016.

Seminário sobre Lixo Marinho, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

20 May 2015. Pham C.K. 2015. Lixo marinho no mar profundo.