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Beached microplastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin2019
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Mel Constant,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Mel Constant,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Miquel Canals,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Mel Constant,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Philippe Kerhervé,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Philippe Kerhervé,
M. Mino-Vercellio-Verollet,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Philippe Kerhervé,
M. Mino-Vercellio-Verollet,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
M. Mino-Vercellio-Verollet,
M. Mino-Vercellio-Verollet,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Serge Heussner,
Mel Constant,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Mel Constant,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Marc Dumontier,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Marc Dumontier,
Marc Dumontier,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Marc Dumontier,
Miquel Canals,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Philippe Kerhervé,
Miquel Canals,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Philippe Kerhervé,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Mel Constant,
Serge Heussner,
Miquel Canals,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Miquel Canals,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Mel Constant,
Miquel Canals,
Serge Heussner,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Philippe Kerhervé,
Miquel Canals,
Miquel Canals,
Philippe Kerhervé,
Serge Heussner,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Miquel Canals,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Mel Constant,
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal
Summary
Researchers investigated microplastic occurrence on two beaches in the Northwestern Mediterranean Gulf of Lion, finding significant concentrations of fragments and pellets in beach sediments with notable variation between beach zones and sampling periods over a one-month interval.
Study Type
Environmental
Microplastics are small (<5mm) fragments of plastic debris that are ubiquitous in coastal areas and in open ocean. We have investigated the occurrence and composition of microplastics in beach sediments from the micro-tidal Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Samples were collected on two beaches (northern and southern site) of the western Gulf of Lion showing markedly different characteristics. Sampling was performed along depositional lower, mid and upper beaches and repeated after 1month. Concentrations of microplastics in the northern and southern site were highly variable, ranging from 33 to 798 and from 12 to 187 microplastics per kg of dry sediment, respectively. Highest concentrations were found at three specific locations: nearby a local river mouth, within an accretionary area and in a depositional upper beach. The spatial and temporal distribution of beached microplastics seems to be directly dependent on external forcing such as wind, swell, precipitation, outflow and river mouth proximity.