Occurrence and identification of microplastics along a beach in the Biosphere Reserve of Lanzarote
| Autor: | Carmen García-Ruiz, Francisca Fernández-Piñas, Carlos Edo, Francisco Leganés, Miguel Tamayo-Belda, Roberto Rosal, Félix Zapata, Keila Martín-Betancor, Sergio Martínez-Campos, Gerardo Pulido-Reyes, Miguel González-Pleiter |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Química Analítica Química Física e Ingeniería Química, UAM. Departamento de Biología |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Microplastics Polymers Range (biology) Marine debris Weathering Wind Marine Debris Marine pollution 010501 environmental sciences Aquatic Science Oceanography 01 natural sciences Bathing Beaches Spectroscopy Fourier Transform Infrared Particle Size Raman Chemical composition 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Waste Products geography geography.geographical_feature_category Marine Pollution 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Biosphere Química Biología y Biomedicina / Biología Pollution Debris Chemistry FTIR Spain Archipelago Water Pollutants Chemical Geology Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá instname |
| ISSN: | 0025-326X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.061 |
| Popis: | This work studied the accumulation of plastic debris in a remote beach located in La Graciosa island (Chinijo archipelago, Canary Islands). Microplastics were sampled in the 1&#-5&;8239#mm mesh opening range. An average plastic density of 36.3 g/m2 was obtained with a large variability along the 90 m of the beach (from 8.5 g/m2 to 103.4 g/m2). Microplastic particles preferentially accumulated in the part of the beach protected by rocks. A total number of 9149 plastic particles were collected, recorded and measured, 87% of which corresponded to fragments. Clear colours and microscopic evidence of weathering corresponded to aged plastics wind-driven by the surface Canary Current. The chemical composition of plastics particles corresponded to PE (63%), PP (32%) and PS (3%). Higher PE/PP ratios were recorded in the more protected parts of the beach, suggesting preferential accumulation of more aged fragments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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