The MIDYNET project (CNRS) aims to analyse the dynamics of microplastics in a tidal estuary in order to gain a better understanding of exchanges between river and ocean waters. The project is based on collaboration between the MIO, IPREM and SIAME. The workshop site is the Adour estuary in the Atlantic Pyrenees. The first trip was made on 6 June 2019, with the dual aim of testing the experimental protocols and providing an initial database during periods of high flow. Samples were taken both at the surface by Manta net and in the water column by pumping. Each sample was doubled, to be analysed in parallel at IPREM and MIO. After optimising the sampling strategies, a second series of measurements is planned for the low-water period at the end of September, under conditions of strong vertical stratification (salt wedge).
MIO contact: Damien Sous - HDR Lecturer University of Toulon MIO _ 04-94-14-21-09
