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Data on the Microplastics Content in the Bottom Sediments of the Gulf of Finland and Southeastern Part of the Baltic Sea According to the Data of 39th Cruise of the R/v “Akademik Nikolai Strakhov”

Springer proceedings in earth and environmental sciences 2023
Polina Krivoshlyk, Irina Chubarenko

Summary

Researchers analyzed microplastic concentrations in bottom sediments of the Gulf of Finland and Baltic Sea, finding a patchy and variable distribution pattern that complicates efforts to predict where these particles accumulate in important fishery and ecosystem zones.

The problem of microplastic (MPs) contamination is nowadays of concern to scientists over the world. MPs accumulation pattern in bottom sediments is shown to be rather chaotic and diverse. MPs content (0.3–5 mm) was analyzed in 19 samples of bottom...

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