Microplastic pollution in sediments in the urban section of the Qara Su River, Iran

Autor: Nouraddin Ghanbari, Ebrahim Fataei, Abolfazl Naji, Ali Akbar Imani, Fatemeh Nasehi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Applied Water Science, Vol 12, Iss 8, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2190-5487
2190-5495
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-022-01712-5
Popis: Abstract Microplastic pollution is an emerging threat to marine environments with potential environmental, social, economic, and health consequences and has become a major global environmental issue. The objective of the present study was to evaluate microplastic contamination in the ecosystem of the Qara Su River in Ardabil, Iran. Fifteen sampling sites along the Qara Su River in the Ardabil urban area were selected to collect sediment samples. The abundance and morphological characteristics of microplastics were determined by counting using a digital stereomicroscope. Micro-Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (μ-FTIR) analysis was used to identify polymer type of the microplastics. In this study, the frequency and distribution of microplastics (
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