{"id":2373,"date":"2019-10-22T17:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pure-ocean.org\/?page_id=2373"},"modified":"2022-06-21T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:51:38","slug":"spo-plastic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pure-ocean.org\/en\/our-projects\/spo-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"SPO-PLASTIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='repeat' ><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color ' style = 'background-repeat: repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/www.pure-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SPO-PLASTIC-PUREOCEAN-Sponges-1.jpg); background-attachment: scroll; background-position: center center; ' ><\/div><\/div><div class='container' style='height:400px'><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2373'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2373'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_four_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-left '><a href='' class='avia-button av-icon-on-hover  avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-color-custom avia-size-medium avia-position-left '  style='background-color:#071562; border-color:#071562; color:#ffffff; ' ><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8df' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >UNDERSTAND AND BEAT MARINE POLLUTION<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#071562; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>SPO-PLASTIC<\/h1>\n<p>Interaction between plastics, marine sponges and their associated microbiota<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr hr-default  '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-align-center '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><a href='https:\/\/www.pure-ocean.org\/en\/our-projects\/' class='avia_image'   target=\"_blank\" ><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.pure-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pictoDEF-01-300x289.png' alt='' title='Mission 1'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Plastic waste is one of the greatest threats our oceans are facing with a projected tenfold increase in the marine environment by 2025.<\/h3>\n<h3>Micro-plastics are an \u201cinvisible\u201d fraction of this pollution, yet they are becoming more and more abundant, entering the food chain with unknown consequences on sea life and human health.<\/h3>\n<h3>Another \u201cinvisible\u201d fraction of this pollution is that plastics, in contact with water, can release chemical compounds including organics that might interfere the natural biogeochemical cycles mediated by organisms and their microbiota.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible  '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Sponges filter large volumes of seawater from where they remove and transform microparticles and dissolved chemical compounds in a variety of ways. By transforming Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), sponges and their associated microbes convert it into \u2018edible\u2019 energy for other organisms.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding and quantifying this \u201cfertilizer\u201d function of sponges is one of the relevant research topic on what Spo-Plastic plans to contribute by addressing two main goals.<\/p>\n<p>First, to determine the capacity of sponges to process the DOC leached from microplastics and to identify potential changes in the microbial components.<\/p>\n<p>Second, to design an in situ method to quantify the capacity of the sponges to remove microplastics from the water column. Preserving sponge communities and the services they provide offers a natural solution in contrast to the outstanding cost of the biotechnological strategies to remove or mitigate plastic pollution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >PROJECT GOAL<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Investigating the capacity of marine sponges to process organic compounds leaked from plastics or substitutes (compostable gears) and their potential effect on interfering sponge-microbe symbiosis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:30px' class='hr hr-invisible  '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Location<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Montgri Coast and Medes Island, Spain (Mediterranean Sea)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Project leader<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Marta Ribes, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (ICM-CSIC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Institutional, scientific <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> technical partners<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Co-PI: Rafel Coma (Centre d\u2019Estudis Avan\u00e7ats de Blanes CEAB-CSIC)<\/p>\n<p>Ute Hentschel<\/p>\n<p>Lucia Pita (GEOMAR)<\/p>\n<p>Cristina Romera-Castillo (ICM-CSIC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28405,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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