%0 Book
%T Analogies between microplastics and natural particles for inventory mapping in aquatic sediments
%A Enders, Kristina
%D 2025
%8 August 12
%C Germany; Rostock
%C Universität Rostock
%G English
%F 1981127720
%O vorgelegt von Kristina Enders
%O Enthält Zeitschriftenartikel
%O GutachterInnen: Matthias Labrenz (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde) ; Christian Laforsch (University of Bayreuth) ; Peter T. Harris (University of Tasmania)
%O Dissertation Universität Rostock 2025 Kumulative Dissertation
%X This thesis improves quantification of microplastics (MP) in aquatic sediments by developing comparable, management-relevant inventory estimates. Sediment analyses in two Baltic estuaries (Warnow and Schlei) reveal a robust grain-size–MP relationship, enabling granulometric normalisation that accounts for hydrodynamic bias. A machine-learning–based predictive modelling pipeline uses grain size, water depth and spatio-temporal discontinuity to map MP distributions from limited observations. The work is supported by validated laboratory workflows, novel separation and immobilisation methods.<eng>
%L 540
%9 theses
%9 Text
%9 Hochschulschrift
%R 10.18453/rosdok_id00005703
%U https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00005703
%U https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00005703