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Screening for microplastics in sediment, water, marine invertebrates and fish: Method development and microplastic accumulation
Marine Pollution Bulletin2017
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Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
Therése Karlsson,
H.A. Leslie
Therése Karlsson,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
Therése Karlsson,
Therése Karlsson,
Therése Karlsson,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
Therése Karlsson,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Therése Karlsson,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
A. Dick Vethaak,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
Martin Hassellöv,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Martin van Velzen,
Martin van Velzen,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
Therése Karlsson,
Therése Karlsson,
Therése Karlsson,
Therése Karlsson,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Freek Ariese,
Freek Ariese,
Freek Ariese,
Freek Ariese,
Martin van Velzen,
Martin van Velzen,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
Martin Hassellöv,
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Martin van Velzen,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Martin van Velzen,
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
Freek Ariese,
Freek Ariese,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin van Velzen,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Martin van Velzen,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin van Velzen,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
Freek Ariese,
Freek Ariese,
H.A. Leslie
Martin van Velzen,
Martin van Velzen,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
Freek Ariese,
Martin Hassellöv,
Freek Ariese,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Freek Ariese,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
Freek Ariese,
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
A. Dick Vethaak,
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Therése Karlsson,
H.A. Leslie
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Therése Karlsson,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Martin Hassellöv,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Therése Karlsson,
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
H.A. Leslie
Martin Hassellöv,
Martin Hassellöv,
H.A. Leslie
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
A. Dick Vethaak,
H.A. Leslie
Summary
Researchers developed improved methods for extracting microplastics from biological samples and sediments, using enzymatic digestion that achieved 97% particle recovery without damaging the plastics. When applied to field samples from the North Sea and Swedish coast, they found microplastics in 8 of 9 invertebrate species tested and in 68% of brown trout. Mussel tissue contained roughly a thousand times more microplastic particles per kilogram than surrounding sediment or water.
Study Type
Environmental
Measurements of microplastics in biota and abiotic matrices are key elements of exposure and risk assessments for this emerging environmental pollutant. We investigated the abundance of microplastics in field-collected biota, sediment and water. An improved sediment extraction method, based on density separation was developed. For analysis of microplastics in biota we found that an adapted enzymatic digestion protocol using proteinase K performed best, with a 97% recovery of spiked plastic particles and no observed degradation effects on the plastics in subsequent Raman analysis. Field analysis revealed that 8 of 9 tested invertebrate species from the North Sea and 68% of analyzed individuals of brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the Swedish West Coast had microplastics in them. Based on the number of plastic particles per kg d.w. the microplastic concentrations found in mussels were approximately a thousand-fold higher compared to those in sediment and surface water samples from the same location.