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Abundance and composition of near surface microplastics and plastic debris in the Stockholm Archipelago, Baltic Sea

Marine pollution bulletin, 2017-07, Vol.120 (1-2), p.292 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. ;ISSN: 0025-326X ;ISSN: 1879-3363 ;EISSN: 1879-3363 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.04.062 ;PMID: 28527744

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  • Title:
    Abundance and composition of near surface microplastics and plastic debris in the Stockholm Archipelago, Baltic Sea
  • Author: Gewert, Berit ; Ogonowski, Martin ; Barth, Andreas ; MacLeod, Matthew
  • Subjects: Applied Environmental Science ; Baltic Sea ; Baltic States ; Environmental Monitoring ; FTIR ; Manta trawl ; Microplastic ; Plastic pollution ; Plastics ; Sea surface ; Seawater ; tillämpad miljövetenskap ; Water Pollutants
  • Is Part Of: Marine pollution bulletin, 2017-07, Vol.120 (1-2), p.292
  • Description: We collected plastic debris in the Stockholm Archipelago using a manta trawl, and additionally along a transect in the Baltic Sea from the island of Gotland to Stockholm in a citizen science study. The samples were concentrated by filtration and organic material was digested using hydrogen peroxide. Suspected plastic material was isolated by visual sorting and 59 of these were selected to be characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Polypropylene and polyethylene were the most abundant plastics identified among the samples (53% and 24% respectively). We found nearly ten times higher abundance of plastics near central Stockholm than in offshore areas (4.2×10 plastics km compared to 4.7×10 plastics km ). The abundance of plastic debris near Stockholm was similar to urban areas in California, USA, and the overall abundance in the Stockholm Archipelago was similar to plastic abundance reported in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.
  • Publisher: England
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0025-326X
    ISSN: 1879-3363
    EISSN: 1879-3363
    DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.04.062
    PMID: 28527744
  • Source: SWEPUB Freely available online
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