Pervasive plastisphere: First record of plastics in egagropiles (Posidonia spheroids)
| Autor: | Gianluca Poeta, Valentina Iannilli, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Corrado Battisti, Francesca Lecce, Patrizia Menegoni, Loris Pietrelli, Alessia Di Gennaro |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Iannilli, V., Lecce, F., Menegoni, P., Pietrelli, L., Pietrelli, Lori, Di Gennaro, Alessia, Menegoni, Patrizia, Lecce, Francesca, Poeta, Gianluca, Acosta, Alicia T. R., Battisti, Corrado, Iannilli, Valentina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Posidonia Marine litter Materials science Polymers Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Plastic 010501 environmental sciences Toxicology 01 natural sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Composite material Polymer Ecosystem 0105 earth and related environmental sciences chemistry.chemical_classification Alismatales biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Microfiber Posidonia oceanica General Medicine Polyethylene biology.organism_classification Alismatale Plastics Microfibers Egagropile Pollution Polyester chemistry Italy Water Pollutants Chemical Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 229 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6424 |
| Popis: | The ability of Posidonia oceanica spheroids (egagropiles, EG) to incorporate plastics was investigated along the central Italy coast. Plastics were found in the 52.84% of the egagropiles collected (n = 685). The more represented size of plastics has range within 1–1.5 cm, comparable to the size of natural fibres. Comparing plastics occurring both in EG and in surrounding sand, Polyethylene, Polyester and Nylon were the most abundant polymers in EG, while PSE, PE, PP and PET were the most represented in sand. In particular PE and PP were significantly more represented in sand, while PE, Nylon, Polyester and microfibers (as pills) were more represented in EG. Within plastics found in EG, 26.9% were microfibers as small pills ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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