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IMPLAMAC

Project summary

En este proyecto se pretende crear un observatorio que genere datos cuantitativos y cualitativos del impacto que tienen los microplásticos y diferentes contaminantes en las playas de los archipiélagos de Canarias, Cabo Verde, Madeira y Azores.

Project data

Title (original language)
Evaluación del impacto de Microplasticos y contaminantes emergentes en las costas de la Macaronesia
Title in English
Assessing the impact of microplastics and emerging pollutants on the coasts of Macaronesia
Start year
End year
Funding program
Interreg Mac 2014-2020 Cooperación Territorial
Program scope
Europeo
Coordinating institution
Universidad de La Laguna
Country of coordinating body
España
Partners/Collaborating entities

Universidad de La Laguna| Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (UPLGC) | Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigaçao, Tecnologia e Inovaçao (ARDITI)| Dirección Regional del Mar (DRM)| Universidad de Cabo Verde (Uni-CV) IMPLAMAC – Evaluación del impacto de microplásticos y contaminantes emergentes en las costas de la Macaronesia

Partners/Collaborating entities

Universidad de La Laguna| Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (UPLGC) | Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigaçao, Tecnologia e Inovaçao (ARDITI)| Dirección Regional del Mar (DRM)| Universidad de Cabo Verde (Uni-CV) IMPLAMAC – Evaluación del impacto de microplásticos y contaminantes emergentes en las costas de la Macaronesia

Project-associated resources

Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

UV filters and UV stabilisers adsorbed in microplastic debris from beach sand

IMPLAMAC
2021
Sergio Santana-Viera, Sarah Montesdeoca-Esponda, Zoraida Sosa-Ferrera, José Juan Santana-Rodríguez
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Three-dimensional evaluation of beaches of oceanic islands as reservoirs of plastic particles in the open ocean

IMPLAMAC
2023
Christopher K. Pham, Sofia G. Estevez, João M. Pereira, Laura Herrera, Yasmina Rodríguez, Cristopher Domínguez-Hernández, Cristina Villanova-Solano, Cintia Hernández-Sánchez, Francisco J. Díaz-Peña, Javier Hernández-Borges
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Microplastic-adsorbed organic contaminants: Analytical methods and occurrence.

IMPLAMAC
2021
Gabriel Jiménez-Skrzypek, Cintia Hernández-Sánchez , Cecilia Ortega-Zamora , Javier González-Sálamo , Miguel Ángel González-Curbelo, Javier Hernández-Borges
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Sorption of levonorgestrel on polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene microplastics

IMPLAMAC
2023
Gabriel Jiménez-Skrzypek, Orlando Manuel Hernández-Expósito, Javier Hernández-Borges, Javier González-Sálamo
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Deep learning approach for automatic microplastics counting and classification.

IMPLAMAC
2021
Javier Lorenzo-Navarro a, Modesto Castrillón-Santana a, Elena Sánchez-Nielsen c, Borja Zarco a, Alicia Herrera b, Ico Martínez b, May Gómez b
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Searching for hotspots of neustonic microplastics in the Canary Islands

IMPLAMAC
2023
Alex Campillo a, Rodrigo Almeda a, Alvise Vianello b, May Gómez a, Ico Martínez a, Alberto Navarro a, Alicia Herrera a
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics: Analytical methodologies and occurrence in oceans.

IMPLAMAC
2021
Sergio Santana-Viera, Sarah Montesdeoca-Esponda, Rayco Guedes-Alonso, Zoraida Sosa-Ferrera, José Juan Santana-Rodríguez
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Extraction of Emerging Contaminants from Environmental Waters and Urine by Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Microextraction with Solidification of the Floating Organic Droplet Using Fenchol:Acetic Acid Deep Eutectic Mixtures

IMPLAMAC
2022
Cecilia Ortega-Zamora, Gabriel Jiménez-SkrzypekJavier González-Sálamo*Lucia MazzapiodaMaria Assunta NavarraAlessandra GentiliJavier Hernández-Borges
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

An assessment of the concentration of pharmaceuticals adsorbed on microplastics

IMPLAMAC
2021
Sergio Santana-Viera, Sarah Montesdeoca-Esponda, María Esther Torres-Padrón, Zoraida Sosa-Ferrera, José Juan Santana-Rodríguez
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Determination of phthalic acid esters and di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate in fish and squid using the ammonium formate version of the QuEChERS method combined with gas chromatography mass spectrometry

IMPLAMAC
2022
Annalisa Sambolino a b c 1, Cecilia Ortega-Zamora d 1, Javier González-Sálamo d e f, Ana Dinis b g, Nereida Cordeiro a h, João Canning-Clode b i, Javier Hernández-Borges
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Study of plastic pollution and its potential sources on Gran Canaria Island beaches (Canary Islands, Spain).

IMPLAMAC
2020
Jorge Rapp a, Alicia Herrera a, Ico Martinez a, Eugenio Raymond a, Ángelo Santana b, May Gómez a
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Microplastics Determination in Gastrointestinal Tracts of European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and Gilt-Head Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

IMPLAMAC
2022
Sánchez-Almeida, R.; Hernández-Sánchez, C.; Villanova-Solano, C.; Díaz-Peña, F.J.; Clemente, S.; González-Sálamo, J.; González-Pleiter, M.; Hernández-Borges, J.
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

SMACC: A System for Microplastics Automatic Counting and Classification.

IMPLAMAC
2020
Javier Lorenzo-Navarro; Modesto Castrillón-Santana; Enrico Santesarti; Maria De Marsico; Ico Martínez; Eugenio Raymond
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Plastitar: A new threat for coastal environments

IMPLAMAC
2022
Cristopher Domínguez-Hernández, Cristina Villanova-Solano , Marta Sevillano-González, Cintia Hernández-Sánchez, Javier González-Sálamo, Cecilia Ortega-Zamora, Francisco Javier Díaz-Peña, Javier Hernández-Borges
Video

Presentacion del Proyecto. Socios

IMPLAMAC
2020
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Microplastic ingestion in jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskal, 1775) in the North Atlantic Ocean

IMPLAMAC
2021
Jorge Rapp, Alicia Herrera , Daniel R. Bondyale-Juez, Miguel González-Pleiter, Stefanie Reinold , Maite Asensio, Ico Martínez , May Gómez
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Microplastics: An Emerging and Challenging Research Field.

IMPLAMAC
2021
Cintia Hernández-Sánchez, Javier González-Sálamo, Cecilia Ortega-Zamora, Gabriel Jiménez-Skrzypek and Javier Hernández-Borges*
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Microplastics in marine biota: A review

IMPLAMAC
2021
Kevin Ugwu, Alicia Herrera, May Gómez
Scientific-technical results: publications and deliverables

Arenas Blancas (El Hierro island), a new hotspot of plastic debris in the Canary Islands (Spain)

IMPLAMAC
2021
Cintia Hernández-Sánchez, Javier González-Sálamo b c, Francisco J. Díaz-Peña d, Eugenio Fraile-Nuez e, Javier Hernández-Borges b