Distribution of Microplastics in the Marine Environment

Pierluigi Strafella; Matthias López Correa; Ines Pyko; Sebastian Teichert; Alessio Gomiero

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-39041-9_43

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Distribution of Microplastics in the Marine Environment

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Pierluigi Strafella, Matthias López Correa, Ines Pyko, Sebastian Teichert, Alessio Gomiero

Summary

Researchers reviewed the distribution of microplastics across all ocean environments — from surface waters to deep-sea sediments — showing that plastics have penetrated even the most remote marine ecosystems. The findings highlight that no part of the ocean is untouched by plastic pollution, threatening marine food chains that humans depend on.

Study Type Environmental

The increasing rate of worldwide plastic consumption and its release to the environment associated with a low degradation rate is resulting, nowadays, in its accumulation in all the ocean matrices, from sediment to water, in pelagic and benthic biota, from coastal to...

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