Master thesis: Microplastics in sediments from „Tonne E3” dumping area in the German Bight in Helgoland bei Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung

Background
The „Tonne E3” dumping area in the German Bight, approx.15 km southeast of Helgoland, has served as a transfer point for dredged sediments from the river Elbe (Hamburg) since 2005. Within the framework of the Helmholtz innovation pool project P-LEACH „Impacts on ecosystem functions and human health by environmental plastics and associated chemicals” ( www.ufz.de/p-leach), one of the tasks is to generate new knowledge and enhance our mechanistic understanding of the sources, transport, and occurrence of small microplastics. Two comprehensive sediment sampling campaigns were conducted in the „Tonne E3” dumping area in 2023, forming the basis of the research.



Where: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Division "Biosciences", Section Shelf Seas Systems Ecology on Helgoland.