Transnational Exchange Lab #5 - Hull, UK
Introductory session: 'Welcome & Setting the Scene'
Sediment-bound Pollutants in the North Sea Region – Posing a threat to estuarine functions
Prof. Jeanette Rotchell and Dr Samantha Richardson, University of Hull
Kim Goonesekera, UK Environment Agency
Session I: 'Mapping and Managing Sediment-bound Pollutants in Estuaries & Coastal Waters'
State of knowledge and mapping of sediment-bound pollutants in the Elbe estuary
Victoria Ortiz, German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute
Pascal Richtarski, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon
Legacy wastes in coastal zones
Prof. William Mayes, University of Hull
Monitoring and managing sediment-bound pollutants – a practical case for the Scheldt Estuary
Jürgen Suffis, Flemish Department of Mobility and Public Works
Session II: 'Building on the Overview of Microplastics Occurrences in NSR Estuaries'
About plastics and how they pollute
Clare Collins, University of Hull
State of knowledge of the effects and distribution of microplastics in estuarine environments
Julie Hope, St. Andrews University
Microplastics monitoring in the Flemish Sea Scheldt
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol, Universities of Antwerpen and Ghent
Session III: 'Understanding the Interactions between Biota and Pollutants'
Where does the plastic go - can benthic animals remove plastics from the environment?
Felicitas ten Brink, University of Hull
Growing native oysters in the Tees Estuary
Ben Lamb & Henry Short, Tees Rivers Trust
Session IV: 'Designing and Testing Solutions Tackling Microplastics from Source to Estuary'
Clare Collins, University of Hull
Innovative rain gardens to filter microplastics from stormwater
Karin Karlfeldt Fedje, Chalmers University of Technology & Renova AB
The role of biofilms in filtering microplastics
Julie Hope, St. Andrews University
Closing session
Outstrays to Skeffling Managed Realignment Scheme
Andrew Gee, UK Environment Agency
An introduction to Managed Realignment on the Humber estuary
Dan Normandale, UK Environment Agency
All sessions aim to provide stakeholders with relevant information regarding habitat creation and/or ecological restoration following the IMMERSE objectives; knowledge transfer and acceleration of measure implementation, whilst increasing cost-efficiency and enhancing stakeholder commitment.