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Chemical composition of microplastics floating on the surface of the Mediterranean Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin
2022
52 citations
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François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Lata Soccalingame,
François Galgani,
Lata Soccalingame,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Maialen Palazot,
François Galgani,
Maialen Palazot,
François Galgani,
Gabriel Gorsky
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Lata Soccalingame,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Lata Soccalingame,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maialen Palazot,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Lata Soccalingame,
Lata Soccalingame,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Lata Soccalingame,
Lata Soccalingame,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maialen Palazot,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Lata Soccalingame,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Lata Soccalingame,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Lata Soccalingame,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Lata Soccalingame,
Lata Soccalingame,
Maialen Palazot,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
Maialen Palazot,
Lata Soccalingame,
Lata Soccalingame,
Maialen Palazot,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Lata Soccalingame,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maialen Palazot,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
Maialen Palazot,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Gabriel Gorsky
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Gabriel Gorsky
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Lata Soccalingame,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Gabriel Gorsky
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
Gabriel Gorsky
Lata Soccalingame,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
Gabriel Gorsky
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Gabriel Gorsky
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Gabriel Gorsky
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Gabriel Gorsky
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Mathilde Falcou-Préfol,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Gabriel Gorsky
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Gabriel Gorsky
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Gabriel Gorsky
Maialen Palazot,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky
Maialen Palazot,
Gabriel Gorsky
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Gabriel Gorsky
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
François Galgani,
Stéphane Bruzaud,
Kedzierski, Mikaël,
Maialen Palazot,
Maialen Palazot,
Lata Soccalingame,
Lata Soccalingame,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
François Galgani,
Maria Luiza Pedrotti,
Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky
Summary
Chemical composition analysis of microplastics floating on the Mediterranean Sea surface showed a relatively homogeneous polymer distribution dominated by polyethylene and polypropylene, with particle size influencing mass and number concentration distributions.
The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most studied regions in the world in terms of microplastic (MP) contamination. However, only a few studies have analysed the chemical composition of MPs at the Mediterranean Sea surface. In this context, this study aims to describe the chemical composition as a function of particle size, mass and number concentrations of MPs collected in the surface waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The chemical composition showed a certain homogeneity at the Mediterranean Sea scale. The main polymers identified by Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy were poly(ethylene) (67.3 ± 2.4%), poly(propylene) (20.8 ± 2.1%) and poly(styrene) (3.0 ± 0.9%). Nevertheless, discrepancies, confirmed by the literature, were observed at a mesoscale level. Thus, in the North Tyrrhenian Sea, the proportion of poly(ethylene) was significantly lower than the average value of the Mediterranean Sea (57.9 ± 10.5%). Anthropic sources, rivers, or polymer ageing are assumed to be responsible for the variations observed.
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