Blar i NIVA Open Access Archive på forfatter "Lusher, Amy Lorraine"
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Development and testing of a prototype indicator-based tool for identification of potential problem areas for marine litter in Europe's seas
Murray, Ciaran Joseph; van Bavel, Bert; Kideyş, Ahmet E.; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Reker, Johnny; Šubelj, Gašper; Andersen, Jesper Harbo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We demonstrate a prototype multi-metric indicator-based assessment tool (i.e. Marine Litter Assessment Tool - MALT) for mapping and identification of ‘problem areas’ and ‘non-problem areas’ regarding the occurrence of ... -
Development of a Norwegian monitoring program for Macroplastic and Litter
Falk-Andersson, Jannike; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Haarr, Marthe Larsen; Rognerud, Idun; Hurley, Rachel; Hjelset, Sverre; Trubbach, Saskia (NIVA-rapport;7798-2022, Research report, 2022)The Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) aims to strengthen environmental monitoring of macroplastic and litter pollution in Norway. Macroplastic and litter are items above 25 mm. Monitoring of litter in the Northern Fulmar ... -
Finding the Balance between Research and Monitoring: When Are Methods Good Enough to Understand Plastic Pollution?
Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Primpke, Sebastian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Plastic pollution is an international environmental problem. Desire to act is shared from the public to policymakers, yet motivation and approaches are diverging. Public attention is directed to reducing plastic consumption, ... -
Generating environmental sampling and testing data for micro- and nanoplastics for use in life cycle impact assessment
Askham, Cecilia; Pauna, Valentina H.; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Fantke, Peter; Jolliet, Olivier; Lavoie, Jerome; Booth, Andy; Coutris, Claire; Verones, Francesca; Weber, Miriam; Vijver, Martina G.; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Hajjar, Carla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Ongoing efforts focus on quantifying plastic pollution and describing and estimating the related magnitude of exposure and impacts on human and environmental health. Data gathered during such work usually follows a receptor ... -
Innovative reference materials for method validation in microplastic analysis including interlaboratory comparison exercises
Martínez Francés, Elena; van Bavel, Bert; Hurley, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca; Pakhomova, Svetlana; Buenaventura, Nina Tuscano; Singdahl-Larsen, Cecilie; Magni, Marie-Louise Tambo; Johansen, Jon Eigill; Lusher, Amy Lorraine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Reference materials (RMs) are vital tools in the validation of methods used to detect environmental pollutants. Microplastics, a relatively new environmental pollutant, require a variety of complex approaches to address ... -
Microplastics could be marginally more hazardous than natural suspended solids - A meta-analysis
Ogonowski, Martin; Wagner, Martin; Rogell, Björn; Haave, Marte; Lusher, Amy Lorraine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Microplastics (MP) are perceived as a threat to aquatic ecosystems but bear many similarities to suspended sediments which are often considered less harmful. It is, therefore pertinent to determine if and to what extent ... -
Microplastics in Norwegian coastal areas, rivers, lakes and air (MIKRONOR1)
Bavel, Bert van; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Consolaro, Chiara; Hjelset, Sverre; Singdahl-Larsen, Cecilie; Buenaventura, Nina Tuscano; Röhler, Laura; Pakhomova, Svetlana; Lund, Espen; Eidsvoll, David; Herzke, Dorte; Nerland Bråte, Inger-Lise (NIVA-rapport;7811-2023, Research report, 2022)The Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet, NEA) tasked the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) to initiate Norway’s National microplastic monitoring program. The program “Microplastics in Norwegian ... -
Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: Recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control (QA/QC), and data reporting
Primpke, Sebastian; Booth, Andy; Gerdts, Gunnar; Gomiero, Alessio; Kögel, Tanja; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Strand, Jakob; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara; Galgani, Francois; Provencher, Jennifer F; Aliani, Stefano; Patankar, Shreyas; Vorkamp, Katrin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The pollution of the environment with plastics is of growing concern worldwide, including the Arctic region. While larger plastic pieces are a visible pollution issue, smaller microplastics are not visible with the naked ...