Anthropogenic microfibers are highly abundant at the Burdwood Bank seamount, a protected sub-Antarctic environment in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Di Mauro, Rosana Patricia, Castillo, Santiago, Pérez, Analía Fernanda, Iachetti, Clara Margarita, Silva, Leonel Ignacio, Tomba, Juan Pablo, Chiesa, Ignacio Luis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: ACC; MICROPLASTICS; OPEN OCEAN; PATAGONIA; PET; WATER COLUMN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Patagonia; Argentina; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/200950

Microplastics debris in the marine environment have been widely studied across the globe. Within these particles, the most abundant and prevalent type in the oceans are anthropogenic microfibers (MFs), although they have been historically overlooked mostly due to methodological constraints. MFs are...