Programme: Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition
Project title: Baseline assessment of microplastic pollution on the Southern Ocean food web
Acronym: ACE
Duration: 01/01/2018 – 31/12/2020
Total budget: € 165.484
ISMAR budget: € 40.000
Web site: https://environments.aq/publications/microplastics-in-the-southern-ocean/?locale=en_GB
Summary:
Through a unique circumpolar survey of the Southern Ocean and elements of the food web (plankton including krill, fish, seals, penguins and albatross), the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition offered an unprecedented opportunity to establish baseline estimates for the abundance of micro-plastic particles in all compartments of the Southern Ocean and to evaluate the impact of these particles on the Antarctic food web.
Contact person in ISMAR: stefano.aliani@sp.ismar.cnr.it