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Small plastic debris in sediments from the Central Adriatic Sea: Types, occurrence and distribution
Marine Pollution Bulletin2017
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Cristina Munari,
Michele Mistri
Michele Mistri
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Michele Mistri
Michele Mistri
Michele Mistri
Vanessa Infantini,
Vanessa Infantini,
Vanessa Infantini,
Vanessa Infantini,
Vanessa Infantini,
Vanessa Infantini,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Vanessa Infantini,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Vanessa Infantini,
Marco Scoponi,
Tommaso Granata,
Michele Mistri
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Marco Scoponi,
Tommaso Granata,
Cristina Munari,
Marco Scoponi,
Tommaso Granata,
Letizia Moruzzi,
Tommaso Granata,
Letizia Moruzzi,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Tommaso Granata,
Tommaso Granata,
Tommaso Granata,
Tommaso Granata,
Marco Scoponi,
Cristina Munari,
Letizia Moruzzi,
Marco Scoponi,
Francesca Massara,
Letizia Moruzzi,
Letizia Moruzzi,
Michele Mistri
Cristina Munari,
Marco Scoponi,
Michele Mistri
Letizia Moruzzi,
Letizia Moruzzi,
Letizia Moruzzi,
Cristina Munari,
Francesca Massara,
Francesca Massara,
Cristina Munari,
Francesca Massara,
Michele Mistri
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Miriam De Donati,
Miriam De Donati,
Miriam De Donati,
Cristina Munari,
Miriam De Donati,
Michele Mistri
Michele Mistri
Miriam De Donati,
Michele Mistri
Miriam De Donati,
Michele Mistri
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Francesca Massara,
Michele Mistri
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Michele Mistri
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Michele Mistri
Summary
Microplastic debris was found in all sediment samples collected along a 140 km transect in the central Adriatic Sea, including in deep offshore sediments. The study is one of the first to systematically document microplastic distribution along a coast-to-open-sea gradient in this region.
This is the first survey to investigate the occurrence and extent of microplastic contamination in sediments collected along a coast-open sea 140km-long transect in the Central Adriatic Sea. Plastic debris extracted from 64 samples of sediments were counted, weighted and identified by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Several types of plastic particles were observed in 100% of the stations. Plastic particles ranged from 1 to 30mm in length. The primary shape types by number were filaments (69.3%), followed by fragments (16.4%), and film (14.3%). Microplastics (1-5mm) accounted for 65.1% of debris, mesoplastics (5-20mm) made up 30.3% of total amount, while macro debris (>20mm) accounted for 4.6% of total plastics collected. Identification through FT-IR spectroscopy evidenced the presence of 6 polymer types: the majority of plastic debris were nylon, polyethylene and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer. Our data are a baseline for microplastic research in the Adriatic Sea.