Freija Mendrik

The University of Hull · Energy and Environment Institute

There is evidence that microplastic (MP) pollution can negatively influence coral health; however, mechanisms are unknown and most studies have used MP exposure concentrations that are considerably higher than current environmental conditions. Furthermore, whether MP exposure influences coral susceptibility to other stressors such as ocean warming...

Rivers are the major conveyor of plastics to the marine environment, but the mechanisms that impact microplastic (<5 mm) aquatic transport, and thus govern fate are largely unknown. This prevents progress in understanding microplastic dynamics and identifying zones of high accumulation, along with taking representative environmental samples and dev...

Rivers are the major conveyor of plastics to the marine environment, but the mechanisms that impact microplastic (< 5mm) transport, and thus govern fate of the material in the environment, are largely unknown. This prevents progress in understanding microplastic dynamics and identifying zones of high accumulation, as well as curtailing the evolutio...