Microlitter pollution in coastal sediments of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy:microplastics and fly-ash occurrence and distribution
| Autor: | Giancarlo Della Ventura, Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia, Emanuele Mancini, Viviana Piermattei, Simone Bonamano, Sergio Scanu, Marco Marcelli, Daniele Piazzolla, Valentina Cafaro, Alvise Vianello |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Piazzolla, D., Cafaro, V., De Lucia, G. A., Mancini, E., Scanu, S., Bonamano, S., Piermattei, V., Vianello, A., Della Ventura, G., Marcelli, M. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Pollution Microplastics Marine litter 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology media_common.quotation_subject Fly ash Aquatic Science Oceanography 01 natural sciences Aluminum silicate microspheres Sedimentary depositional environment Marine Strategy Framework Directive Mediterranean sea Abundance (ecology) Marine debris Environmental science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Piazzolla, D, Cafaro, V, de Lucia, G A, Mancini, E, Scanu, S, Bonamano, S, Piermattei, V, Vianello, A, Della Ventura, G & Marcelli, M 2020, ' Microlitter pollution in coastal sediments of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy : microplastics and fly-ash occurrence and distribution ', Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 241, 106819 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106819 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106819 |
| Popis: | Marine litter is included in the eleven descriptors of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) necessary for the assessment of the marine environmental status. In this work, we studied the abundance and typology of microparticles extracted from coastal sediments in the northern Latium area, Tyrrhenian sea, Italy. Particles having different shapes (fragments, microspheres, and filaments), size and color were recognized to belong to two typologies, i.e. microplastics (MPs) and aluminum silicate microspheres (ASMs) interpreted as fly-ash produced by fossil fuel combustion. MPs abundances were comparable with data from the literature related to the same depositional contexts in the Mediterranean Sea and elsewhere, while ASMs contributed 32% to the total average microlitter abundance in this coastal area. MPs and ASMs distribution could reflect the contributions of the land-based sources and the hydrodynamic features of the study area. Marine litter is included in the eleven descriptors of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) necessary for the assessment of the marine environmental status. In this work, we studied the abundance and typology of microparticles extracted from coastal sediments in the northern Latium area, Tyrrhenian sea, Italy. Particles having different shapes (fragments, microspheres, and filaments), size and color were recognized to belong to two typologies, i.e. microplastics (MPs) and aluminum silicate microspheres (ASMs) interpreted as fly-ash produced by fossil fuel combustion. MPs abundances were comparable with data from the literature related to the same depositional contexts in the Mediterranean Sea and elsewhere, while ASMs contributed 32% to the total average microlitter abundance in this coastal area. MPs and ASMs distribution could reflect the contributions of the land-based sources and the hydrodynamic features of the study area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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