This project aims to determine levels of contamination with micro(nano)plastics on two distinct ecosystems, Macau, China (tropical/high anthropogenic inputs) and Algarve, Portugal (temperate/low anthropogenic input), their role as a vehicle for emerging chemical pollutants and physiological consequences in marine organisms. The project joins three teams with complementary knowhow on fish ecology and physiology, and plastic pollution: Institute of Science and Environment of the University of Saint Joseph (Macao), the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Qingdao, China) and the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) of the University of the Algarve (Portugal).

This project is jointly funded by the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).