Impacts and risks of marine microplastics to marine consumers (Old ID 22482)

Supervisor

Microplastics are an emerging threat to marine organisms. There is increasing evidence that plastics accumulate in primary consumers and can be passed on to other organisms in the food chain. My project aims to increase knowledge of the scope of this threat in the Great Barrier Reef region, by conducting a risk assessment. To achieve this I will use hydrodynamic modelling to describe the distribution of microplastics within the Whitsunday region. I will conduct fieldwork to ground-truth the modelling and to quantify microplastics in the region. This research will help establish monitoring and management actions to control plastic contamination.

11 Jan 2016 - 10 Jan 2017

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