Monitoring of microplastics in Danish marine waters using the Oslo-Kiel ferry as a ship-of-opportunity

Report

Year of publication: 2020
External websites: Cristin; Arkiv
Involved from NIVA: Amy Lusher; Bert van Bavel; Ciaran Joseph Murray; Pierre Franqois Jaccard; Cecilie Singdahl-Larsen; Svetlana Pakhomova; Jesper Andersen
Contributors: Bert van Bavel, Amy Lusher, Pierre Franqois Jaccard, Svetlana Pakhomova, Cecilie Singdahl-Larsen, Jesper Harbo Andersen, Ciaran Joseph Murray

Summary

The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive require that EU Member States establish appropriate strategies and sampling programmes for microplastic in the marine environment. We report the results of a two-tiered pilot study consisting of a mini review focusing on sampling of microplastic in marine surface water and a test sampling of microplastic particles in the Inner Danish Waters using the FerryBox system on board the Oslo-Kiel ferry.