Organic contamination of beached plastic pellets in the South Atlantic: Risk assessments can benefit by considering spatial gradients.
Marine pollution
Microplastic
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Journal
Chemosphere
ISSN: 1879-1298
Titre abrégé: Chemosphere
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0320657
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2019
May 2019
Historique:
received:
24
08
2018
revised:
06
02
2019
accepted:
14
02
2019
pubmed:
25
2
2019
medline:
14
6
2019
entrez:
25
2
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Microplastics are important vectors for the transport and accumulation of persistent organic contaminants in coastal and marine environments. We determined the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) associated with microplastic pellets collected along a 39-km stretch of Brazil's South Atlantic coastline to understand the spatial dynamics and potential risk posed by these contaminants. Total PAH concentrations ranged from 1,454 to 6,002 ng g
Identifiants
pubmed: 30798056
pii: S0045-6535(19)30316-9
doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.094
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Plastics
0
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
0
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
DFC2HB4I0K
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
608-615Informations de copyright
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