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Determination of nano and microplastic particles in hypersaline lakes by multiple methods
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment2021
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Reza Pashaei,
Reza Pashaei,
Reza Pashaei,
Reza Pashaei,
Reza Pashaei,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Reza Pashaei,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Reza Pashaei,
Reza Pashaei,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Viktorija Sabaliauskaitė,
Viktorija Sabaliauskaitė,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Steven Loiselle
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Viktorija Sabaliauskaitė,
Steven Loiselle
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Reza Pashaei,
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Sajjad Abbasi,
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Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Gemma Leone,
Reza Pashaei,
Tomasz Kowalkowski,
Viktorija Sabaliauskaitė,
Marco Consumi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Gabriella Tamasi,
Viktorija Sabaliauskaitė,
Tomasz Kowalkowski,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Steven Loiselle
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Steven Loiselle
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Bogusław Buszewski,
Tomasz Kowalkowski,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Tomasz Kowalkowski,
Bogusław Buszewski,
Steven Loiselle
Mortaza Gholizadeh,
Reda Dzingelevičienė,
Marco Consumi,
Bogusław Buszewski,
Steven Loiselle
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Sajjad Abbasi,
Bogusław Buszewski,
Viktorija Sabaliauskaitė,
Bogusław Buszewski,
Bogusław Buszewski,
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Steven Loiselle
Summary
Researchers used multiple analytical methods to detect and characterize nano- and microplastic particles in a large hypersaline lake, finding both types present across different seasons and locations. The unique chemistry of hypersaline environments affects how plastic particles behave and accumulate. This is one of the first studies to examine microplastic contamination in hypersaline lake systems, which are ecologically distinct and understudied.
Study Type
Environmental
Microplastics and nanoplastics have a range of impacts on the aquatic environment and present major challenges to their mitigation and management. Their transport and fate depend on their composition, form, and the characteristics of the receiving environment. We explore the spatial and temporal dynamics of plastic particles in the world's second-largest hypersaline lake, combining information from microscopic, thermal gravimetric, and fractional methods. Studies on microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in these important environments are scarce, and there is limited understanding of their dynamics and fate. Our results for Urmia Lake (Iran) in 2016 and 2019 show a discrepancy in the composition and quantity of microplastics measured in river tributaries to the lake and the lake itself, suggesting an active microplastic sink. Potential sink mechanisms in hypersaline lakes are explored. The present study indicates that microplastics have different transport mechanisms and fate in these extreme environments, compared to lake and ocean environments.