Presentation Year

2019

Depreciated Participant

Carolyn WestrickOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Thomas AllieOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Alexandra BakerBiologyUndergraduate Student,Annette J. CarlsonOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Kyle R. DahlmanOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Jacob EvansOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Jack R. HawleyOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Karansingh M. KeislarOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Randall S. KeysOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Nathaniel V. KristanOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Eric LawrenceOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Matthew T. LopezOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Frey N. MitchellOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Cory B. MonroyOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Erick OrtizOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Katherine K. PanebiancoOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Daniel RaemerOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Kezia F. RasmussenOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Wendy RaymondOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Nicholas R. SchiefereckeOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Jennifer J. SnyderOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Madeleine J. TervetOceanographyUndergraduate Student,Christine J. CassOceanographyFaculty,Daniel C. O'SheaOceanographyFaculty

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Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

This study focused on microplastic concentrations in and around Humboldt Bay, CA. Microplastics do not have a universal size class, but for the purpose of this study, microplastics were categorized as any plastic piece from 0.335 mm to 4.75 mm. Samples were taken on Humboldt State's research vessel "Coral Sea", and by foot on land. Both water and sediment samples were collected and analyzed to find the amount of microplastic particles per mass sampled. Visual microscopy was utilized to create counts for each station.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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551

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