MappA: Monitoring and Analysis of Plastic Pollution in Aquatic Environments

The first comprehensive freshwater monitoring initiative is underway in South America, focusing on lakes, shallow lakes, reservoirs, streams, and rivers from Argentina. The project named MappA aims to implement a standardized methodology to comprehensively understand the prevalence and specific attributes of microplastics within these water bodies. MappA is currently developing a study including more than 100 study sites (lakes, shallow lakes, dams, rivers, and streams), involving the collaboration of over 50 researchers from Argentina.

In a second phase, the project aims to include more study sites around the world, with a particular focus on the Global South.

Project leader:

Assoc. Prof. María Belen Alfonso, Kyushu University, Japan

Participants (in alphabetic order):

Mauricio S. Akmentins, Ricardo Albariño, Katya K. Albarrán, Luz Allende, Mariana Alma, Alan S. Andrade-Muñoz, Yadira Ansoar-Rodríguez, Andrés H. Arias, Esteban Balseiro, Giselle A. Berenstein, Lidwina Bertrand, Martín C. M. Blettler, Leonardo M. Buria, Joaquín Cochero, Cecilia Y. Di Prinzio, Boris Diaz, Yamila Diaz, Soledad L. Diodato, Santiago A. Echaniz, Luis B. Epele, Marisol Espino Penilla, Mariana Fasanella, Marina O. Fernandez, María S. Fontanarrosa, Mailén Franco, Celeste Franceschini, María S. Gastón, Adonis Giorgi, María Granitto, María L. Gultemirian, Atilio E. Guzmán, Atsuhiko Isobe, Jorge A. Kuroda, Mariana Lanhenheim, Pablo A. Macchi, Guillermo A. Mora, Carolina Nieto, Pamela D. Novarese, Natalia A. Ossana, María L. Padulles, Rocío S. Pazos, Agostina Pecile, Mariana Reissig, María C. Reynaga, Guido N. Rimondino, Juan Manuel Ríos, Luciana Rocha, Patricia Rodríguez, Maria C. Rodríguez Castro, Lara M. Sabater, Luca Schenone, Facundo Scordo, Carina Seitz, Marina Tagliaferro, Lucila Thomsett Herbert, Marcos Vaira, Alicia M. Vignatti, Naomi C. Yacelga Villavicencio

Monitoring and Analysis of Plastic Pollution in Aquatic Environments (MappA)

Monitoring and Analysis of Plastic Pollution in Aquatic Environments (MappA)