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Unveiling historical suspended sediment concentrations: Tracing microplastics and microfibers in a mediterranean lowland river

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2024
Montserrat Compa, Julian García-Comendador, Francesc Cuello-Llobell, Josep Fortesa, Jaume Company, Antoni Sureda, Antoni Sureda, Joan Llabrés Estrany

Summary

Researchers analyzed historical suspended sediment samples from a Mediterranean catchment in Mallorca collected between 2005 and 2006 for microplastics and microfibers, providing a rare retrospective view of contamination. Microplastics were present even in these older samples, establishing a pre-existing baseline of contamination in the catchment.

Study Type Environmental

This study evaluates microplastics and microfibers in historical suspended sediment samples and their concentrations in fluvial suspended sediment from June 2005 to February 2006 for two nested Mediterranean lowland catchments of the Na Borges basin (319 km2, Mallorca, Spain), a groundwater-dominated river where the surface water/groundwater interaction is controlled by its hydrogeological and geomorphological characteristics and their modification by human impacts. The first study area is Can Revull, a small catchment (1.02 km2) in the headwaters of Na Borges, is predominantly occupied by herbaceous agriculture and subsurface tile drainage (91 Also see: https://micro2024.sciencesconf.org/559537/document

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