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Fall 2024
Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are widespread in aquatic environments. However, their transport mechanisms in flow remain underexplored despite being critical for understanding their environmental transport and fate. This thesis addresses this gap by...
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Textile Fibre Fragments in Marine Environments and their Interaction with Suspended Hydrocarbons
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Pollution by microplastics is one of the biggest current environmental problems, due to the great amount of plastic waste that is used worldwide, as well as the threat they represent to fauna that might ingest them, particularly in aquatic environments. One of the main sources of microplastics,...