Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Lusher, Amy Lorraine"
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Current efforts on microplastic monitoring in Arctic fish and how to proceed
Kögel, Tanja; Hamilton, Bonnie M.; Granberg, Maria; Provencher, Jennifer F.; Hammer, Sjúrður; Gomiero, Alessio; Magnusson, Kerstin; Lusher, Amy Lorraine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this review, we investigated published data on the occurrence of microplastic in Arctic fish, and the suitability of the data and species for risk assessment and monitoring. As of 11.11.2021, we found nine studies in ... -
Finding the Balance between Research and Monitoring: When Are Methods Good Enough to Understand Plastic Pollution?
Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Primpke, Sebastian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Plastic pollution is an international environmental problem. Desire to act is shared from the public to policymakers, yet motivation and approaches are diverging. Public attention is directed to reducing plastic consumption, ... -
Generating environmental sampling and testing data for micro- and nanoplastics for use in life cycle impact assessment
Askham, Cecilia; Pauna, Valentina H.; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Fantke, Peter; Jolliet, Olivier; Lavoie, Jerome; Booth, Andy; Coutris, Claire; Verones, Francesca; Weber, Miriam; Vijver, Martina G.; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Hajjar, Carla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Ongoing efforts focus on quantifying plastic pollution and describing and estimating the related magnitude of exposure and impacts on human and environmental health. Data gathered during such work usually follows a receptor ... -
Microplastics could be marginally more hazardous than natural suspended solids - A meta-analysis
Ogonowski, Martin; Wagner, Martin; Rogell, Björn; Haave, Marte; Lusher, Amy Lorraine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Microplastics (MP) are perceived as a threat to aquatic ecosystems but bear many similarities to suspended sediments which are often considered less harmful. It is, therefore pertinent to determine if and to what extent ... -
Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: Recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control (QA/QC), and data reporting
Primpke, Sebastian; Booth, Andy; Gerdts, Gunnar; Gomiero, Alessio; Kögel, Tanja; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Strand, Jakob; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara; Galgani, Francois; Provencher, Jennifer F; Aliani, Stefano; Patankar, Shreyas; Vorkamp, Katrin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The pollution of the environment with plastics is of growing concern worldwide, including the Arctic region. While larger plastic pieces are a visible pollution issue, smaller microplastics are not visible with the naked ...