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Coordinator |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
Organization address contact info |
Coordinator Country | Italy [IT] |
Project website | http://www.poseidomm.eu |
Total cost | 180˙277 € |
EC max contribution | 180˙277 € (100%) |
Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility) |
Code Call | H2020-MSCA-IF-2015 |
Funding Scheme | MSCA-IF-EF-RI |
Starting year | 2016 |
Duration (year-month-day) | from 2016-05-01 to 2018-04-30 |
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1 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA | IT (SIENA) | coordinator | 180˙277.00 |
Microplastics represent an increasing threat to aquatic ecosystems, with potential impacts on the cycling of fundamental elements and ecological consequences at all trophic levels. Low-density polyolefins, like polyethylene and polypropylene, are the most common plastics produced and are ubiquitous in marine environments. Floating on the sea-surface, they can have direct and indirect impacts on the sea-surface microlayer (SML), a key interface for biochemical and photochemical processes controlling gas exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere. The SML is an enriched biofilm of organic biological material aggregating and favouring high microbial activity. The effects of an increasing presence of microplastics on the cycling of organic matter in the surface ocean are not well understood, and yet they may have a major impact on this key interface. POSEIDOMM will investigate the influence of microplastics on the photochemical and biological processes in the SML. We will verify the effect of microplastic pollutants on the formation of a surface-active biofilm, the implications for microbial cycles and for the photochemical generation of reactive chemical species and labile organic compounds. The goals of POSEIDOMM are to provide a chemical and biological characterization of the microplastic-biofilm aggregates in the SML, to quantify the photochemical cycling of such aggregates and to identify the implications of this cycling on gas exchange and on the microbial carbon cycle. This will be achieved through a trans-disciplinary approach combining innovative spectroscopic and biological analyses to study the SML in controlled microcosms and in-situ mesocosm studies. Through a close cooperation with leading European partners, POSEIDOMM will close major gaps in our understanding of the interaction of micropollutants with marine biological processes and atmospheric gas exchange.
year | authors and title | journal | last update |
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2019 |
Luisa Galgani, Manolis Tsapakis, Paraskevi Pitta, Anastasia Tsiola, Eleni Tzempelikou, Ioanna Kalantzi, Chiara Esposito, Arturo Loiselle, Anastasia Tsotskou, Snezana Zivanovic, Eleni Dafnomili, Santi Diliberto, Kyriaki Mylona, Iordanis Magiopoulos, Christina Zeri, Elli Pitta and Steven Loiselle Microplastics increase the marine production of particulate forms of organic matter published pages: , ISSN: 1748-9326, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab59ca |
Environmental Research Letters | 2019-11-26 |
2019 |
Luisa Galgani
Ricardo Beiras
François Galgani
Cristina Panti
Angel Borja Editorial: “Impacts of marine litter†published pages: , ISSN: 2296-7745, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00208 |
Frontiers in Marine Science \"Research Topic \"\"Impacts of | 2019-06-11 |
2018 |
Luisa Galgani, Anja Engel, Claudio Rossi, Alessandro Donati, Steven A. Loiselle Polystyrene microplastics increase microbial release of marine Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in microcosm experiments published pages: , ISSN: 2045-2322, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32805-4 |
Scientific Reports 8/1 | 2019-04-09 |
2019 |
Luisa Galgani and Steven A. Loiselle Plastic Accumulation in the Sea Surface Microlayer: An Experiment-Based Perspective for Future Studies published pages: , ISSN: 2076-3263, DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9020066 |
Geosciences Special Issue Ocean-Atmosphere | 2019-02-26 |
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