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Abundance and characterization of microplastics in the coastal waters of Tuscany (Italy): The application of the MSFD monitoring protocol in the Mediterranean Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin2018
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Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Ilaria Caliani,
Tommaso Campani,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Ilaria Caliani,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Tommaso Campani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Ilaria Caliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Ilaria Caliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Ilaria Caliani,
Tommaso Campani,
Cristina Panti,
Ilaria Caliani,
Matteo Baini,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Tommaso Campani,
Maria Grazia Finoia,
Maria Grazia Finoia,
María Cristina Fossi
Ilaria Caliani,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Tommaso Campani,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Tommaso Campani,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Tommaso Campani,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Tommaso Campani,
Tommaso Campani,
Cristina Panti,
Ilaria Caliani,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Ilaria Caliani,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Maria Grazia Finoia,
Tommaso Campani,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Maria Grazia Finoia,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Ilaria Caliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Galli,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi
Cristina Panti,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Summary
Monitoring surveys across four transects in Tuscan coastal waters found microplastics at all stations in two seasons, with concentrations and size distributions consistent with Mediterranean Sea-wide pollution patterns. The study contributes to implementing the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive's monitoring requirements for microplastics in the Mediterranean.
Monitoring efforts are required to understand the sources, distribution and abundance of microplastic pollution. To verify the abundance of microplastics along the Tuscan coastal waters (Italy), water-column and surface samples were collected in two seasons across four transects at different distances to the coast (0.5, 5, 10 and 20 km), within the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The results show an average concentration of 0.26 items/m in the water-column samples and 41.1 g/km and 69,161.3 items/km of floating microplastics, with an increase with the distance to the coast The seasonality and the sampling area do not affect the abundance of microplastics. The most abundant size class is 1-2.5 mm as fragments and sheets suggesting that fragmentation of larger polyethylene and polypropylene items could be the main source of microplastics. These data represent the application of a harmonized protocol to make the data on microplastics comparable and reliable.