Work Packages
MicroplastiX has 5 work packages (WP):
Coordination, integration and synthesis
Characterisation and identification of microplastics
Case-studies on the fate of microplastics in different environmental compartments
Microplastic impacts on marine organisms
Multi-scale modelling
And the work package leaders are:
Microplastix covers an extensive area from the Irish Coast to the southeastern coast of Brazil, passing through the Western and Southwestern coast of Africa (Mauritania, Senegal and the Benguela upwelling), as well as the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas.