Publications

 2021

• Schernewski, G., Radtke, H., Hauk, R., Baresel, C., Olshammar, M., Oberbeckmann, S. (2021) Urban Microplastics Emissions: Effectiveness of Retention Measures and Consequences for the Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science

• Piehl, S., Hauk, R., Robbe, E., Richter, B., Kachholz, F., Schilling, J., Lenz, R., Fischer, D., Fischer, F., Labrenz, M., Schernewski, G. (2021) Combined Approaches to Predict Microplastic Emissions Within an Urbanized Estuary (Warnow, southwestern Baltic Sea). Frontiers in Environmental Science

• Kesy, K., Labrenz, M., Scales, B., Kreikemeyer, B., Oberbeckmann, S. (2021) Vibrio Colonization Is Highly Dynamic in Early Microplastic-Associated Biofilms as Well as on Field-Collected Microplastics. Microorganisms

• Brandt, J., Fischer, F., Kanaki, E., Enders, K., Labrenz, M., Fischer, D. (2021) Assessment of subsampling strategies in microspectroscopy of environmental microplastic samples. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences
  

 2020

• Haseler, M., Balciunas, A., Hauk, R., Sabaliauskaite, V., Chubarenko, I.P., Yershova, A., Schernewski, G. (2020) Marine litter pollution of beaches around the Baltic Sea – application of the Sand Rake method. Frontiers in Environmental Science

• Osinski, R. D., Enders, K., Gräwe, U., Klingbeil, K., Radtke, H. (2020) Model Uncertainties of a Storm and Their Influence on Microplastics / Sediment Transport in the Baltic Sea. Ocean Science

• Reichelt, S. and Gorokhova, E. (2020) Micro- and Nanoplastic Exposure Effects in Microalgae: A Meta-Analysis of Standard Growth Inhibition Tests. Frontiers in Environmental Science  

• Schernewski, G., Radtke, H., Hauk, R., Baresel, C., Olshammar, M., Osinski, R., Oberbeckmann, S. (2020) Transport and behavior of microplastics emissions from urban sources in the Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Environmental Science
  

• Enders, K., Tagg, A.S., Labrenz, M. (2020) Evaluation of Electrostatic Separation of Microplastics From Mineral-Rich Environmental Samples. Frontiers in Environmental Science

• Jakubowska, M., Białowąs, M., Stankevičiūtė, M., Chomiczewska, A., Pažusienė, J., Jonko-Sobuś, K., Hallmann, A., Urban-Malinga, B. (2020) Effects of chronic exposure to microplastics of different polymer types on early life stages of sea trout Salmo trutta. Science of The Total Environment

• Brandt, J., Bittrich, L., Fischer, F., Kanaki, E., Tagg, A., Lenz, R., Labrenz, M., Brandes, E., Fischer, D., Eichhorn, K. J. (2020) High-Throughput Analyses of Microplastic Samples Using Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Spectrometry. Applied Spectroscopy
  

• Kataržytė, M., Balčiūnas, A., Haseler, M., Sabaliauskaitė, V., Lauciūtė, L., Stepanova, K., Nazzari, C., Schernewski, G. (2020) Cigarette butts on Baltic Sea beaches: Monitoring, pollution and mitigation measures. Marine Pollution Bulletin

• McGivney, E., Cederholm, L., Barth, A., Hakkarainen, M., Hamacher-Barth, E., Ogonowski, M., Gorokhova, E. (2020) Rapid Physicochemical Changes in Microplastic Induced by Biofilm Formation. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.
  
   
• Enders, K., Lenz, R., Ivar do Sul, J.A., Tagg, A., Labrenz, M. (2020) When every particle matters: a QuEChERS approach to extract microplastics from environmental samples. MethodsX

• Osinski, R. D., Radtke, H. (2020). Ensemble hindcasting of wind and wave conditions with WRF and WAVEWATCH III® driven by ERA5. Ocean Science

• Rogers, K.L., Carreres‐Calabuig, J.A., Gorokhova, E., Posth, N.R. (2020) Micro‐by‐micro interactions: How microorganisms influence the fate of marine microplastics. Limnology and Oceanography

• Oberbeckmann, S., Labrenz, M. (2020) Marine microbial assemblages on microplastics: diversity, adaptation, and role in degradation.  Annual Review of Marine Science

2019

• Enders, K., Käppler, A., Biniasch, O., Feldens, P., Stollberg, N., Lange, X., Fischer, D., Eichhorn, K.-J., Pollehne, F., Oberbeckmann, S., and Matthias Labrenz (2019) Tracing microplastics in aquatic environments based on sediment analogies. Scientific Reports - Nature

• Ogonowski, M., Wenman, V., Barth, A., Hamcher-Barth, E., Danielsson, S., Gorokhova, E. (2019) Microplastic Intake, Its Biotic Drivers, and Hydrophobic Organic Contaminant Levels in the Baltic Herring. Frontiers Enivornmental Science

• Baresel, C., Olshammar, M. (2019) On the Importance of Sanitary Sewer Overflow on the Total Discharge of Microplastics from Sewage Water. Journal of Journal of Environmental Protection
  

• Haseler, M., Weder, C., Buschbeck, L., Wesnigk, S., Schernewski, G. (2019) Cost-effective monitoring of large micro- and meso-litter in tidal and flood accumulation zones at south-western Baltic Sea beaches. Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Wang, L., Käppler, A., Fischer, D., Simmchen, J. (2020) Photocatalytic TiO₂ Micromotors for Removal of Microplastics and Suspended Matter. American Chemical Society Appl. Mater. Interfaces
  

• Kesy, K., Oberbeckmann, S., Kreikemeyer, B., Labrenz, M. (2019) Spatial Environmental Heterogeneity Determines Young Biofilm Assemblages on Microplastics in Baltic Sea Mesocosms. Frontiers Microbiology

• Gerdes, Z., Hermann, M., Ogonowski, M., Gorokhova, E. (2019) A novel method for assessing microplastic effect in suspension through mixing test and reference materials. Scientific Reports

• Tagg, A.S., Oberbeckmann, S., Fischer D., Kreikemeyer, B., Labrenz, M. (2019) Paint particles are a distinct and variable substrate for marine bacteria. Marine Pollution Bulletin
  

• von Friesen, L.W., Granberg, M.E., Hassellöv, M., Gabrielsen, G.W., Magnusson, K. (2019). An efficient and gentle enzymatic digestion protocol for the extraction of microplastics from bivalve tissue. Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Kettner M.T., Oberbeckmann S., Labrenz M., and Grossart H.-P., (2019) The Eukaryotic Life on Microplastics in Brackish Ecosystems. Frontiers Microbiology

• Gerdes, Z., Ogonowski, M., Nybom, I.,  Ek, C., Adolfsson-Erici, M., Barth, A., and Gorokhova, E. (2019). Microplastic-mediated transport of PCBs? A depuration study with Daphnia magna. PLOS ONE

• Klaeger, F., Tagg, A.S., Otto, S., Bienmüller, M., Sartorius, I., Labrenz, M. (2019) Residual monomer content affects the interpretation of plastic degradation. Scientific Reports - Nature

2018

• Käppler, A., Fischer, M., Scholz-Böttcher, B., Oberbeckmann, S., Labrenz, M., Fischer, D., Eichhorn, K.-J., Voit, B. (2018). Comparison of µ-ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and py-GCMS as identification tools for microplastic particles and fibers isolated from river sediments. Anal Bioanal Chem. doi 10.1007/s00216-018-1185-5.

• Ogonowski M, Gerdes Z, Gorokhova E (2018) What we know and what we think we know about microplastic effects – A critical perspective. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 1: 41–46.

2017

• Project overview in BONUS in Brief October 2017, page 6: BONUS MICROPOLL – Multilevel assessment of microplastics and associated pollutants in the Baltic Sea.

Progress reports

Deliverable	Delivery month
Establishment of communication & dissemination plan	August 2017
Establishment of website	September 2017
Review on experimental practices and informative endpoints in MP studies	June 2018
Report on quantification of MP discharge from WWTP including sanitary sewer overflow events, to the Baltic Sea	June 2018
Short report on the strengths and weaknesses of different beach sampling methods	August 2018
Completion of the MP/ML database	August 2018
1st Periodic progress report	August 2018
Report on an optimised or new procedure for purification and enzymatic digestion for environmental samples	December 2018
Completion of the semi-automatic sample evaluation system	December 2018
Estimates of ingestion frequency of MP by copepods and mysids at varying food levels	April 2019
Report on role of MP as vector for organic contaminantes	June 2019
Report on cost-effective MP/ML monitoring strategies	August 2019
2nd Periodic progress report	August 2019
Publication on MP abundance and compostition in the Baltic Sea	August 2019
Report evaluating MP capacity as carriers of organic pollutants to Baltic invertebrates and fish, with particular focus on developing principles for setting GES	October 2019
Report on food web effects of MP in the Baltic to the task groups for Descriptors 4 (HELCOM HOLAS, HOLAS II) and presentations for HELCOM and OSPAR “Food web” groups	October 2019
Publication on the role of MP as vector for pro- and eukaryotes	December 2019
Report on MP degradation rates, which will be integrated into the models by WP5	December 2019
Report on reduction of MP through a selection of different waste water treatment technologies	December 2019
Publication on MP/ML assessment of avoidance measures	Febuary 2020