MPCOAST: MicroPlastic transport processes in the COASTal environment
© LuFI (2020)
| Led by: | Fuhrman, David R. (PI) |
| E-Mail: | schlurmann@lufi.uni-hannover.de |
| Team: | Larsen, Bjarke Eltard (Project Participant); Carstensen, Stefan (Project Participant); Christensen, Erik Damgaard (Project Participant); Nils Kerpen (Project Participant); Torsten Schlurmann (Project Participant) |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Date: | 01-07-20 |
| Funding: | Independent Research Fund Denmark |
| Duration: | 07/2020 - 07/2023 |
| Is Finished: | yes |
Youtube video produced by The Independent Research Fund Denmark describing the research project MPCOAST
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DTU (2022)
Primary objectives include:
- To identify fundamental thresholds for (i) incipient motion conditions and (ii) initiation of suspension for non-buoyant MPs mixed with bottom sediments;
- To extend state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) coastal models to newly incorporate specialized particle models for turbulent MP transport, setting a new standard of practice in this area by a wide margin;
- To elucidate and quantify key differences in cross-shore (perpendicular to the coastline) transport processes and patterns (erosion, settling, convection, turbulent diffusion, etc.) for buoyant vs. non-buoyant MP, including identification of typical depositional “hotspots” in nearshore regions.
Publications:
- Kerpen, N. B., Schlurmann, T., Schendel, A., Gundlach, J., Marquard, D., & Hüpgen, M. (2020). Wave-induced distribution of microplastic in the surf zone. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.590565.
- Hasan Gokhan Guler, Bjarke Eltard Larsen, Oriol Quintana, Koray Deniz Goral, Stefan Carstensen, Erik Damgaard Christensen, Nils B. Kerpen, Torsten Schlurmann, David R. Fuhrman, Experimental study of non-buoyant microplastic transport beneath breaking irregular waves on a live sediment bed, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 181, 2022, 113902, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113902.
- Bjarke EltardLarsen, Mustafa Ali AbdullahAl-Obaidi, Hasan GokhanGuler, StefanCarstensen, Koray DenizGoral, Erik DamgaardChristensen, Nils B.Kerpen, TorstenSchlurmann, David R.Fuhrman, Experimental investigation on the nearshore transport of buoyant microplastic particles, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 187, 2023, 114610, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114610.
- Goral KD, Guler HG, Eltard Larsen B, Carstensen S, Christensen ED, Kerpen NB et al. (2020). Settling velocity of microplastic particles having regular and irregular shapes. Environmental research. 2023 Apr 5;228:115783. doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115783
- Koray Deniz Goral, Hasan Gokhan Guler, Bjarke Eltard Larsen, Stefan Carstensen, Erik Damgaard Christensen, Nils B. Kerpen, Torsten Schlurmann and David R. Fuhrman (2023). Shields Diagram and the Incipient Motion of Microplastic Particles. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c02027
- Kerpen NB, Larsen BE, Schlurmann T, Paul M, Guler HG, Goral KD et al. Microplastic retention in marine vegetation canopies under breaking irregular waves. Science of the Total Environment. 2024 Feb 20;912:169280. Epub 2023 Dez 19. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169280
