Lenz, Mark (2020) RV POSEIDON Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report POS536/Leg 1. . GEOMAR Report, N. Ser. 056 . GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, 55 pp. DOI 10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_56_2020.

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Abstract

DIPLANOAGAP: Distribution of Plastics
in the North Atlantic Garbage Patch
Ponta Delgada (Portugal) – Malaga (Spain)
17.08. – 12.09.2019
The expedition POS 536 is part of a multi-disciplinary research initiative of GEOMAR
investigating the origin, transport and fate of plastic debris from estuaries to the oceanic garbage patches. The main focus will be on the vertical transfer of plastic debris from the surface and near-surface waters to the deep sea and on the processes that mediate this transport. The obtained data will help to develop quantitative models that provide information about the level of plastic pollution in the different compartments of the open ocean (surface, water column, seafloor).
Furthermore, the effects of plastic debris on marine organisms in the open ocean will be assessed. The cruise will provide data about the:
(1) abundance of plastic debris with a minimum size of 100 μm as well as the composition of
polymer types in the water column at different depths from the sea surface to the seafloor
including the sediment,
(2) abundance and composition of plastic debris in organic aggregates (“marine snow”),
(3) in pelagic and benthic organisms (invertebrates and fish) and in fecal pellets,
(4) abundance and the identity of biofoulers (bacteria, protozoans and metazoans) on the surface of plastic debris from different water depths,
(5) identification of chemical compounds (“additives”) in the plastic debris and in water
samples.

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