<strong>Spatial distribution and characteristics of microplastics from coastal beaches to near-shore waters of Onagawa Bay, Japan</strong>

Batdulam Battulga

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[E] Oral

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS07] Plastic Pollution: Interdisciplinary Challenges across Earth and Policy Sciences

Sun. May 24, 2026 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 102 (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Kako Shinichiro(Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University), Isobe Atsuhiko(Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics), Sasao Toshiaki(Ritsumeikan University), YAMAMOTO MASASHI(Kanagawa University), Takahashi Yukihiro(Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

[MIS07-06] Spatial distribution and characteristics of microplastics from coastal beaches to near-shore waters of Onagawa Bay, Japan

*Batdulam Battulga^1,2, Toyonobu Fujii^1,3, Mironu Ikeda^1,3, Takeshi Obayashi^1,2 (1. Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan, 2. Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan, 3. Onagawa Field Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Onagawa, Miyagi 986-2248, Japan)

Keywords:microplastics , distribution pattern, Kuroshio and Oyashio currents, Sanriku coastal area, physicochemical characteristics