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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110788
	Characterisation of microplastic contamination in sediment of England's inshore waters
	Green B.C.; Johnson C.L.E.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0025326X
卷号	151
英文摘要	Plastic litter is an increasingly significant problem in the marine environment. Our study looks at a cost-effective method to quantify larger fractions of microplastics in marine sediments as an opportunistic addition to standard benthic infauna sampling. A subsample of microplastics (>1 mm) were enumerated and categorised from sediment samples collected as part of standard benthic habitat monitoring in twenty-two Marine Protected Areas across English inshore waters. Microplastic particles were found in 61.2% of the samples collected, with mean density per study site ranging from 0.2 in Dover to Deal MCZ to 42.7 in The Mersey Estuary Special Protection Area microplastic particles per 0.1 m2. High densities of plastic were found at remote sites, as well as those closer to urban or industrialised areas. Spatial protection measures such as MPAs are not themselves a suitable tool to tackle marine plastic pollution which should be addressed upstream at source. © 2019
英文关键词	Benthos; Estuaries; Grab sampling; Inshore; Marine protected areas; Microplastics; Monitoring; Sediment
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Conservation; Cost effectiveness; Environmental protection; Estuaries; Marine pollution; Monitoring; Sediments; Submarine geology; Urban growth; Benthic habitat monitoring; Benthos; Cost-effective methods; Inshore; Marine protected area; Microplastic particles; Microplastics; Protection measures; Microplastic; benthos; estuarine pollution; marine park; plastic waste; pollution monitoring; sampling; sediment pollution; article; benthos; contamination; England; estuary; habitat; nonhuman; quantitative analysis; sediment; England; environmental monitoring; sediment; water pollutant; England; United Kingdom; plastic; England; Environmental Monitoring; Geologic Sediments; Microplastics; Plastics; Water Pollutants, Chemical
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/149219
作者单位	Natural England, Suite D, Unex House, Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, PE1 1NG, United Kingdom; Estuarine and Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Service, Environment Agency, Kingfisher House, Goldhay Way, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, PE2 5ZR, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Green B.C.,Johnson C.L.E.. Characterisation of microplastic contamination in sediment of England's inshore waters[J],2020,151.
APA	Green B.C.,&Johnson C.L.E..(2020).Characterisation of microplastic contamination in sediment of England's inshore waters.Marine Pollution Bulletin,151.
MLA	Green B.C.,et al."Characterisation of microplastic contamination in sediment of England's inshore waters".Marine Pollution Bulletin 151(2020).