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Detection Methods
Gut & Microbiome
Marine & Wildlife
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Novel method for the extraction and identification of microplastics in ocean trawl and fish gut matrices
Analytical Methods
2016
236 citations
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Jeff Wagner,
Zhong-Min Wang,
Sutapa Ghosal,
Chelsea M. Rochman,
Margy Gassel,
Stephen Wall
Summary
This paper presents a method for extracting and identifying microplastics from ocean trawl samples using ultrasonication and complementary analytical techniques including optical microscopy, SEM/EDS, FT-IR, and Raman spectroscopy. The multi-technique approach improves identification accuracy for small or ambiguous plastic particles.
Study Type
Environmental
This alternative microplastic extraction method employs ultrapure water, ultrasonication, and identification using complementary optical microscopy, SEM/EDS, FTIR, and RMS techniques.