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Microplastic patterns in riverine waters and leaf litter: Leaf bag technique to investigate the microplastic accumulation trends in lotic ecosystems
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology2023
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Monia Renzi,
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Marco Bertoli,
Paolo Pastorino
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Paolo Pastorino
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Paolo Pastorino
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Serena Anselmi,
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Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Marco Bertoli,
Marco Bertoli,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
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Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
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Paolo Pastorino
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Monia Renzi,
Paolo Pastorino
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Monia Renzi,
Serena Anselmi,
Damià Barceló,
Davide Lesa,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
Serena Anselmi,
Marino Prearo,
Serena Anselmi,
Damià Barceló,
Paolo Pastorino
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Marino Prearo,
Damià Barceló,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Pastorino
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Paolo Pastorino
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Damià Barceló,
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Paolo Pastorino
Paolo Pastorino
Serena Anselmi,
Damià Barceló,
Davide Lesa,
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Damià Barceló,
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Marco Bertoli,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Pastorino
Serena Anselmi,
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Paolo Pastorino
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Serena Anselmi,
Davide Lesa,
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Serena Anselmi,
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Serena Anselmi,
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Antonella Mele,
Damià Barceló,
Monia Renzi,
Serena Anselmi,
Paolo Pastorino
Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
Monia Renzi,
Marco Bertoli,
Serena Anselmi,
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Monia Renzi,
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Damià Barceló,
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Monia Renzi,
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Marino Prearo,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
Marco Bertoli,
Antonella Mele,
Serena Anselmi,
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Serena Anselmi,
Serena Anselmi,
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Serena Anselmi,
Serena Anselmi,
Serena Anselmi,
Serena Anselmi,
Davide Lesa,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Pastorino
Monia Renzi,
Damià Barceló,
Paolo Pastorino
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Serena Anselmi,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
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Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Serena Anselmi,
Marino Prearo,
Damià Barceló,
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Marino Prearo,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Davide Lesa,
Damià Barceló,
Marco Bertoli,
Damià Barceló,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Pastorino
Monia Renzi,
Serena Anselmi,
Serena Anselmi,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
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Damià Barceló,
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Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
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Damià Barceló,
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Paolo Pastorino
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Marino Prearo,
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Monia Renzi,
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Paolo Pastorino
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Damià Barceló,
Serena Anselmi,
Paolo Pastorino
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
Marino Prearo,
Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Serena Anselmi,
Monia Renzi,
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Monia Renzi,
Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
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Damià Barceló,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
Monia Renzi,
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Damià Barceló,
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Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
Damià Barceló,
Monia Renzi,
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Damià Barceló,
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Monia Renzi,
Paolo Pastorino
Monia Renzi,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
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Marino Prearo,
Monia Renzi,
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Monia Renzi,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
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Monia Renzi,
Paolo Pastorino
Damià Barceló,
Marino Prearo,
Marino Prearo,
Marino Prearo,
Damià Barceló,
Elisabetta Pizzul,
Marino Prearo,
Damià Barceló,
Damià Barceló,
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Summary
A study of a river in northeastern Italy found microplastic concentrations in the water were highest during low-flow periods, and that leaf bag traps placed in the river accurately tracked these patterns — showing wastewater discharge points were key hotspots of contamination. The findings suggest that maintaining higher river flows helps dilute and transport microplastics downstream, and that the leaf bag method is a practical new tool for monitoring plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems.
Study Type
Environmental
Microplastics (MPs) are one of the major ecological concerns of the last years and despite the increasing interest and the rise of many studies regarding freshwater habitats, many aspects about distribution patterns, transport pathways and impacts of MPs in those systems need to be investigated. The present study characterizes the temporal trends of MP concentrations in waters of a riverine stretch of the northeastern Italy, subject to flow rate variations and investigates the MP accumulations patterns in the leaf litter, simulated in situ via leaf bag technique. MP concentrations in the water were significantly and negatively correlated to the flow rate regimes, with higher concentrations observed during low discharge periods. MPs accumulation in leaf bags agreed with trends observed in the water and the presence of wastewater discharge points positively affects the levels of MP contaminations within the leaf bags. These findings seem to suggest that the maintenance of a hydrological regime at relatively high levels in the investigated system could allow to maintain the self-purifying riverine processes and the disposal of microplastics like any other polluting substance. The use of leaf bag technique for the purpose to investigate MP accumulation trends on field provided useful information, is easy to modulate in terms of time periods and allow to record the evolution of the MP patterns also in relation to high flow rate episodes. Our results suggest that the method can be employed in new a perspective, to improve the knowledge about one of the major threats of the Anthropocene.