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R/V Kaimei /ROV KM-ROV Cruise Report KM20-09
Summary
This cruise report documents research objectives including assessment of marine plastic pollutants and their ecosystem impacts, evaluation of biodegradable plastic deterioration in deep-sea environments, and development of hyperspectral camera methods for automatic microplastic analysis. The expedition contributed to understanding microplastic transport processes and long-term plastic behavior in deep ocean environments.
Understanding the current situations of marine pollutants, especially plastics and assessing their impact on marine ecosystems ; Evaluation test for deterioration of biodegradable plastics under deep-sea environment ; Establishment of analysis method related to "Development of automatic microplastic analysis using hyperspectral camera" ; Field and laboratory studies on plastic deterioration under deep-sea environment ; Elucidation of the transportation process of microplastics in marine environment ; Outreach on marine plastics