Microplastics in sediments from the southern Gulf of Mexico: Abundance, distribution, composition, and adhered pollutants.
Gulf of Mexico
Metals
Microplastics
PAHs
Sediments
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:
15 May 2023
15 May 2023
Historique:
received:
21
11
2022
revised:
13
02
2023
accepted:
13
02
2023
pubmed:
23
2
2023
medline:
23
2
2023
entrez:
22
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Approximately 23 Mt of plastics reaches the ocean each year, fragmented into microplastics (MP). MPs are widely dispersed in the sea, becoming deposited in sediments. MPs are considered carriers of pollutants such as heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and, when ingested by biota, pose a high health risk. This study determined metals and PAHs in sedimentary microplastics from the southern Gulf of Mexico (GOM). One hundred twenty-four sediment samples were collected, covering an area of 26,220 km
Identifiants
pubmed: 36804972
pii: S0048-9697(23)00906-3
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162290
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
162290Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no competing financial interest.