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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.053
	Floating microplastics and aggregate formation in the Western Mediterranean Sea
	de Haan W.P.; Sanchez-Vidal A.; Canals M.; NUREIEV1 Shipboard Scientific Party
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0025326X
起始页码	523
结束页码	535
卷号	140
英文摘要	Pollution by large-sized plastics and microplastic debris is widespread in all Earth environments, also threatening marine ecosystems worldwide. In this study we determine the load of microplastics in the Western Mediterranean Sea and evaluate their aggregation potential into marine aggregates. We report average microplastic abundances of 0.10 ± 0.09 items m−2 (max: 0.50 items m−2). Abundances and chemical composition of microplastics are subject to temporal changes as a function of human activities in the areas of influence and shifting meteorological and sea-state conditions. We find that microplastics were on average smaller in mass than other studies conducted in the Mediterranean Sea indicating longer exposure times in the environment. The microplastic aggregation potential was determined by inspecting formed biogenic aggregates either during sample collection or in the laboratory. Smaller and more angular microplastics dominated in marine aggregates, representing an average 40% in abundance and 25% in mass of microplastics. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Marine aggregates; Marine debris; Mediterranean Sea; Microplastics; Pollution sources
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Aggregates; Debris; Ecosystems; Geochemistry; Marine pollution; Ocean currents; Marine aggregates; Marine debris; Mediterranean sea; Microplastics; Pollution sources; Microplastic; marine environment; marine pollution; plastic; pollutant source; pollution exposure; spatiotemporal analysis; article; human; Mediterranean Sea; analysis; chemistry; environmental monitoring; Mediterranean Sea; procedures; solid waste; water pollutant; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean Sea (West); plastic; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Mediterranean Sea; Plastics; Solid Waste; 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/150071
作者单位	GRC Geociències Marines, Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	de Haan W.P.,Sanchez-Vidal A.,Canals M.,et al. Floating microplastics and aggregate formation in the Western Mediterranean Sea[J],2019,140.
APA	de Haan W.P.,Sanchez-Vidal A.,Canals M.,&NUREIEV1 Shipboard Scientific Party.(2019).Floating microplastics and aggregate formation in the Western Mediterranean Sea.Marine Pollution Bulletin,140.
MLA	de Haan W.P.,et al."Floating microplastics and aggregate formation in the Western Mediterranean Sea".Marine Pollution Bulletin 140(2019).