Differences in the Fate of Surface and Subsurface Microplastics: A Case Study in the Central Atlantic

Differences in the Fate of Surface and Subsurface Microplastics: A Case Study in the Central Atlantic

Plastic is recognized as a threat to marine ecosystems, and estimating the level of plastic and microplastics (MPs) pollution of the World Ocean is, nowadays, the goal of many studies. However, the use of different methods for the sampling and analysis of MPs leads to the problem of comparing the re...

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Main Authors: Igor Zhdanov, Svetlana Pakhomova, Anfisa Berezina, Ksenia Silvestrova, Natalia Stepanova, Evgeniy Yakushev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Subjects:
microplastic pollution
different types of microplastics
FT-IR
visual analysis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/1/210

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