Microplastic detection and Lagrangian modelling in the Tyrrhenian Sea
In recent years the presence of microplastic (MP) in oceans is getting more and more attention due to its impacts on these environments. A major concern is represented by closed and densely populated basins, like the Mediterranean Sea. In this work, an assessment of MP concentrations in the Tyrrhenian Sea, a sub-basin of the Mediterranean Sea, is performed by means of numerical simulations. A Lagrangian stochastic model of dispersion, which requires hydrodynamic fields and MP sources as inputs, is employed.