Quantification and characterization of plastics in near-shore surface waters of Atlantic Canada.
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy;
Marine debris;
Microplastics;
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia;
Ocean;
Plastic pollution;
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2022
Aug 2022
Historique:
received:
11
03
2022
revised:
14
06
2022
accepted:
16
06
2022
pubmed:
28
6
2022
medline:
5
8
2022
entrez:
27
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Plastics are a ubiquitous pollutant in the marine environment. Despite growing concerns, quantitative and qualitative data on microplastics in aquatic and marine environments of Atlantic Canada is just emerging. Surface water plastics were measured and categorized by morphology (thread, microfibre, fragment, foam, film, pellet, and microbead) in two locations in Nova Scotia and one in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. All sites within the three locations contained plastic with an average abundance of 9669 items/km
Identifiants
pubmed: 35759899
pii: S0025-326X(22)00551-3
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113869
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Microplastics
0
Plastics
0
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113869Informations de copyright
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