Sinking of buoyant freshwater microplastics induced by biofilm growth
Patricia Semcesen, University of Toronto; Roberta Fulthorpe, University of Toronto Scarborough; Mathew Wells, University of Toronto Scarborough

From Rivers to Lake: Microplastics in the Water Column and Sediment in Milwaukee, WI
Sherri Mason, Penn State Behrend; Peter Lenaker, U.S. Geological Survey; Steven Corsi, USGS; Austin Baldwin, U.S. Geological Survey

A Pan-Great Lakes Investigation of Plastic Pellet Pollution
Patricia Corcoran, University of Western Ontario; Ian Arturo, The University of Western Ontario; Sara Belontz, University of Western Ontario; Lorena Rios Mendoza, University of Wisconsin-Superior, ; Carolyn Hill, University of Western Ontario; Kelly Jazvac, Concordia University

Basin-wide Analysis of Microplastics in Nearshore and Offshore Benthic Sediments of Lake Huron
Sara Belontz, University of Western Ontario; Patricia Corcoran, University of Western Ontario; Paul Helm, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks