Sea surface microplastics in Slovenian part of the Northern Adriatic.
Mar Pollut Bull
; 113(1-2): 392-399, 2016 Dec 15.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27771097
ABSTRACT
Plastics are the most common material of marine litter and have become a global pollution concern. They are persistent in the environment where they gradually degrade into increasingly smaller particles-microplastics (MP). Our study presents results of sea-surface monitoring for MP in the Slovenian part of the Trieste Bay in the Northern Adriatic Sea. In 17 trawls conducted over a 20-month period we found a high average concentration of 406×103MPparticles/km2. Over 80% of the particles were identified as polyethylene. The significant variability of MP concentrations obtained on different sampling dates is explained by use of surface current maps and a recently developed Markov chain marine litter distribution model for the Adriatic Sea.
Palavras-chave
Texto completo:
1
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Plásticos
/
Água do Mar
/
Resíduos
/
Poluentes Químicos da Água
/
Monitoramento Ambiental
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mar Pollut Bull
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Eslovênia