A first estimation of uncertainties related to microplastic sampling in rivers.
Microplastics
Pollution
Rivers
Sampling methodology
Uncertainties
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 May 2020
20 May 2020
Historique:
received:
24
07
2019
revised:
11
02
2020
accepted:
13
02
2020
pubmed:
25
2
2020
medline:
25
2
2020
entrez:
25
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Many studies have been conducted to quantify microplastic contamination, but only a few of them have actually the sampling methodology and associated uncertainties. This study seeks to examine the influence of sampling strategy on the confidence interval of river microplastic estimates. 16 samples are collected in the Gave de Pau River (southwestern France) during a three-hour window with a 330-μm mesh size net. Three different exposure times (3, 5 and 7 min) allow for a respective filtration rate by the net of 35.6 m
Identifiants
pubmed: 32092514
pii: S0048-9697(20)30829-9
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137319
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
137319Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.