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(Micro) plastic fluxes and stocks in Lake Geneva basin

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Florian Faure, Julien Boucher, Olivier Pompini, Olivier Wieser

2019

Recherche de fragments de plastique dans les sédiments profonds du Léman

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Florian Faure

A growing number of studies focusing on microplastics (plastic particles smaller than 5 mm) show this issue affects all environmental matrices and compartments, and suspicions grow as to their toxicity. In this context, the Commission Internationale pour l ...

2017

Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Florian Faure, Olivier Wieser, Colin Demars

Marine microplastic (,5 mm) water pollution has met growing public and scientific interest in the last few years. The situation in freshwater environments remains largely unknown, although it appears that they play an important role as part of the origin o ...

Csiro Publishing2015

An evaluation of surface micro- and mesoplastic pollution in pelagic ecosystems of the Western Mediterranean Sea

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Florian Faure, Pascal Hagmann

This study examines the distribution, abundance and characteristics of surface micro- and mesoplastic debris in the Western Mediterranean Sea. 41 samples were collected in 2011 (summer) and 2012 (summer). Results, firstly, revealed that micro- (

Springer Heidelberg2015

Pollution due to plastics and microplastics in Lake Geneva and in the Mediterranean Sea

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Florian Faure, Hadrien Baecher, Marie Corbaz

Aquatic pollution due to plastics, and especially microplastics, is becoming the subject of growing research together with an increasing awareness of their environmental harm. While most of the studies focus on oceans, the situation regarding lakes remains ...

2012