Conference Agenda

8:15am - 8:30am

Validation of a Numerical Model for Dispersion of Heavy Marine Plastic

Paula Núñez Pérez¹, Alessandro Romano^1,2, Raúl Medina¹, Giovanni Besio³

¹IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria (Spain); ²Roma Tre University (Italy); ³University of Genoa (Italy)

8:30am - 8:45am

The transport of plastic debris in coastal seas: results of physical modeling

Carla Faraci, Giovanni Passalacqua, Giulia Bonanno, Filippo Cucinotta, Claudio Iuppa

University of Messina, Italy

8:45am - 9:00am

Experimental study of microplastic particle transport around sea gravel in waves plus current conditions

Giovanni Passalacqua¹, R. Ilayda Tan², Stefan Carstensen³, Claudio Iuppa¹, Carla Faraci¹, Bjarke Eltard Larsen³, Nils B. Kerpen⁴, Torsten Schlurmann⁴, David R. Fuhrman³

¹University of Messina; ²Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University; ³Technical University of Denmark; ⁴Leibniz University Hannover

9:00am - 9:15am

Interaction between microplastic particles and submerged vegetation canopies in waves plus current environments

R. İlayda Tan¹, Giovanni Passalacqua², Stefan Carstensen³, Claudio Iuppa², Carla Faraci², Bjarke Eltard Larsen³, Nils B. Kerpen⁴, Torsten Schlurmann⁴, David R. Fuhrman³

¹Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University; ²University of Messina; ³Technical University of Denmark; ⁴Leibniz University Hannover