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Detection Methods
Marine & Wildlife
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An approach for extraction, characterization and quantitation of microplastic in natural marine snow using Raman microscopy
Analytical Methods
2016
307 citations
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Shiye Zhao,
Meghan Danley,
J. Evan Ward,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Tracy J. Mincer
Summary
This study demonstrated that marine snow — the organic aggregates that sink continuously through the ocean — incorporates microplastics and transports them toward the seafloor. The finding identifies biological particle aggregation as an important mechanism for removing microplastics from the upper ocean and depositing them in deep-sea sediments.
Marine snow is a predominant form of sinking particulate carbon in the marine water column and represents a mechanism for transporting microplastics to the sea floor.