Project name:
Determination of the Current State of Microplastic Pollution in the Sandy Beaches around Iskenderun Bay (MICROBEACH)
Project description:
The main purpose of MICROBEACH project is monitoring of microplastics on beaches of Iskenderun Bay. With this project, we are trying to understand in detail what microplastic pollution is in sandy beaches around Iskenderun Bay (i), to explain what is relationship between distance from river mouth with microplastic concentration (ii), to show difference of microplastic pollution between protected beaches and non-protected beaches (iii), to understand effect of tourism activities on microplastic concentration (iv), to establish the pollution status of areas such as Chelonia mydas, Caretta caretta and Ocypode cursor used as habitat or nesting (v) and finally to raise awareness about microplastics pollution.
https://suf.cu.edu.tr/Eng/Default.aspx
www.mikroplastik.org
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sedat_Guendogdu