Microplastic pollution impact on the Gulf of Thailand: insights from water samples assessment and ingestion by zooplankton as complementary tools

在项目的第一年，我于2022年8月至2023年4月在泰国湾的四昌岛成功进行了共六次采样活动。这些活动旨在收集浮游动物和水样，目的是调查该地区微塑料的存在和摄入情况。在不同的季节进行采样，包括潮湿，中间和干燥，并在不同的潮汐间隔（大潮和小潮），每次采样之间有一到两周的间隙。除了我的研究工作，我还积极参与了一些与微塑料分析相关的合作计划。这些项目包括SEAFDEC、EuroQCharm和GLPM项目，所有这些项目的目的都是在国际范围内统一微塑料分析方法。通过与这些倡议合作，我为开发分析微塑料的标准化方法做出了贡献，这将提高不同地区和研究结果的质量和可比性。

Throughout the first year of the project, I successfully conducted a total of six sampling campaigns on Si Chang Island in the Gulf of Thailand from August 2022 to April 2023. These campaigns were designed to collect zooplankton and water samples with the aim of investigating the presence and ingestion of microplastics in the region. Sampling was carried out during different seasons, including wet, intermediate, and dry, and at varying tidal intervals (spring and neap tides), with a one to two-week gap between each sampling.In addition to my research efforts, I have actively participated in several collaborative initiatives related to microplastic analysis. These include SEAFDEC, EuroQCharm, and GLPM projects, all of which aim to harmonize microplastic analysis methodologies on an international scale. By collaborating with these initiatives, I have contributed to the development of standardized methods for analyzing microplastics, which will enhance the quality and comparability of research findings across different regions and studies.