LAMARCA LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT OF MARINE LITTER AND MICROPLASTICS IN COASTAL WATERS: STRUCTURES OF TRANSPORT AND CONNECTIVITY PATTERNS
The aim of this project is to further understand the role of oceanic transport in marine litter (microplastics and meso/macrolitter) dispersion and accumulation areas in the sea surface, along the water column and over the seafloor. With special emphasis on
coastal zones and in the range of scales from 1 m to 10 km, where the vertical motions by marine currents play a relevant role. Focusing on the distribution of marine litter by ocean currents, we propose an approach that combines ocean-current structures,
oceanographic campaigns, and new Lagrangian tools from complex systems to characterize marine connectivity and mixing properties in coastal waters. We will analyze the different spatial scales and connectivity structures that could drive the dispersion or accumulation of marine litter items throughout the domain.
coastal zones and in the range of scales from 1 m to 10 km, where the vertical motions by marine currents play a relevant role. Focusing on the distribution of marine litter by ocean currents, we propose an approach that combines ocean-current structures,
oceanographic campaigns, and new Lagrangian tools from complex systems to characterize marine connectivity and mixing properties in coastal waters. We will analyze the different spatial scales and connectivity structures that could drive the dispersion or accumulation of marine litter items throughout the domain.
Researchers
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Emilio Hernández-García
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Cristóbal López
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Enrico Ser-Giacomi
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Sara Cloux
Recent Publications
Spatial competition and repulsion: pattern formation and the role of movement
López, Cristóbal; Colombo, Eduardo; Hernández-García, Emilio; Martínez-García, RicardoThe Mathematics of Movement: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Mutual Challenges in Animal Ecology and Cell Biology" (Eds. Luca Giuggioli & Philip Maini), , (2024)
Shear and transport in a flow environment determine spatial patterns and population dynamics in a model of nonlocal ecological competition
Silvano, Nathan O. ; Valeriano, João; Hernández-García, Emilio; López, Cristóbal; Martinez-Garcia, RicardoSubmitted (2024)
Simple physics-based adjustments reconcile the results of Eulerian and Lagrangian techniques for moisture tracking
Crespo-Otero, A.; Insua-Costa, D.; Hernández-García, E.; López, C.; Míguez-Macho, G.Earth System Dynamics Discussions, in consideration for Earth System Dynamics 2024, (2024)
Extinction and coexistence in a binary mixture of proliferating motile disks
Almodovar, Alejandro; Galla, Tobias; López, CristóbalPhysical Review E 109, 064140 (2024)
Pulsed interactions unify reaction-diffusion and spatial nonlocal models for biological pattern formation
Eduardo H. Colombo, Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, Justin M. Calabrese, Cristobal Lopez, Emilio Hernandez-GarciaJournal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2024, 034001 (2024)
