Research theme for competitive and other funds (2)：
2023 - 2025 Assessing the rainfall and tide effect on the presence and exposure of microplastics to zooplankton in subtropical estuaries intensely polluted by plastics
2022 - 2024 Microplastic pollution impact on the Gulf of Thailand: insights from water samples assessment and ingestion by zooplankton as complementary tools
Papers (27)：
Haruka Nakano, María Belén Alfonso, Nopphawit Phinchan, Suppakarn Jandang, M.R. Abdull Manap, Suchana Chavanich, Voranop Viyakarn, Moritz Müller, Changi Wong, Hernando P. Bacosa, et al. Aquatic microplastics research in the ASEAN region: Analysis of challenges and priorities. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2025. 210. 117342-117342
Suppakarn Jandang, María Belén Alfonso, Haruka Nakano, Nopphawit Phinchan, Udomsak Darumas, Voranop Viyakarn, Suchana Chavanich, Atsuhiko Isobe. Possible sink of missing ocean plastic: Accumulation patterns in reef-building corals in the Gulf of Thailand. Science of The Total Environment. 2024. 954. 176210-176210
María B. Alfonso, Haruka Nakano, Suppakarn Jandang, Mie Tanaka, Voranop Viyakarn, Suchana Chavanich, Atsuhiko Isobe. Small microplastic ingestion by the calanoid Centropages furcatus in the Gulf of Thailand. Science of The Total Environment. 2024. 930. 172837-172837
María B. Alfonso, Facundo Scordo, Luis B. Epele, Atsuhiko Isobe, Mauricio S. Akmentins, Ricardo Albariño, Katya K. Albarrán, Luz Allende, Alan S. Andrade-Muñoz, Yadira Ansoar-Rodríguez, et al. Filling the Gap: A Comprehensive Freshwater Network to Map Microplastics across Ecological Gradients in Argentina. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 2024
Haruka Nakano, María Belén Alfonso, Suppakarn Jandang, Nopphawit Phinchan, Suchana Chavanich, Voranop Viyakarn, Atsuhiko Isobe. Influence of monsoon seasonality and tidal cycle on microplastics presence and distribution in the Upper Gulf of Thailand. The Science of the total environment. 2024. 920. 170787-170787
Andrés H. Arias, María B. Alfonso, Lautaro Girones, María C. Piccolo, Jorge E. Marcovecchio. Synthetic microfibers and tyre wear particles pollution in aquatic systems: Relevance and mitigation strategies. Environmental Pollution. 2022. 295. 118607-118607
María B. Alfonso, Andrés H. Arias, Ana C. Ronda, María C. Piccolo. Continental microplastics: Presence, features, and environmental transport pathways. Science of the Total Environment. 2021. 799
Books (3)：
MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: DIVERSITY, THREATS AND CONSERVATION
NOVA science publishers 2021
Utilidad del monitoreo lagunar ambiental con boyas multiparamétricas en la región pampeana: Laguna La Barrancosa In: La Barrancosa. Una invitación a conocer lagunas pampeanas
2019
Animales abundantes y diminutos en la laguna: el zooplancton; In: La Barrancosa. Una invitación a conocer lagunas pampeanas
Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires 2019
Practical overview of microplastics sampling and analytical methods
(Onsite Regional Training Course on Marine Debris and Microplastics Sampling Collection and Analysis 2022)
Center for Ocean Plastic Studies: addressing plastic pollution from an international perspective
(DITTO: Digital Twins of the Ocean 2022)
Education (2)：
2013 - 2018 Universidad Nacional del Sur Departamento de Biología Ph.D. in Biology
2005 - 2013 Universidad Nacional del Sur Departamento de Biología Biology
Committee career (1)：
2020/01 - 2023/12 Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) Committee for inClusive Collaboration
Association Membership(s) (2)：
International Society of Limnology
, Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network
