Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
Microplastic (MP) pollution in polar regions is a growing environmental concern, yet little is known regarding the role of sea-ice as a sink and transport vector of MPs. Here, the authors show that MPs in sea-ice have no uniform polymer composition and observe unique MP patterns in different sea-ice...
Main Authors: | Ilka Peeken, Sebastian Primpke, Birte Beyer, Julia Gütermann, Christian Katlein, Thomas Krumpen, Melanie Bergmann, Laura Hehemann, Gunnar Gerdts |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03825-5 |
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