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Qualitative and quantitative composition of microplastics particles during the expeditionary measurement program in the South-Eastern Baltic Sea

EGUGA 2016
Elena Esiukova, Margarita Bagaeva, Natalia Chubarenko

Summary

Researchers characterized anthropogenic litter and microplastics in the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard, sampling surface water, sea ice, and sediment cores. The study found that despite its remote location, the Fram Strait receives significant plastic inputs via northward-flowing Atlantic currents.

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