Continuous monitoring of microplastic abundance in the North Atlantic ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Pollution levels of marine debris, including microplastics, are largely undocumented in the Atlantic Ocean. A standardised monitoring method is required to understand the distribution and abundance of microplastic pollution. Samplin...
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ftdatacite:10.17895/ices.pub.24752961.v1 2024-02-27T08:43:28+00:00 Continuous monitoring of microplastic abundance in the North Atlantic ... Lusher, Amy O’Connor, Ian Officer, Rick 2024 https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24752961.v1 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Continuous_monitoring_of_microplastic_abundance_in_the_North_Atlantic/24752961/1 unknown ASC 2013 - Theme session A https://ices-library.figshare.com/ICES-ASC-2013/groups https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24752961 https://ices-library.figshare.com/ICES-ASC-2013/groups ICES Custom Licence https://www.ices.dk/Pages/library_policies.aspx The sea and human culture and societies Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management CreativeWork Conference contribution Other article 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24752961.v110.17895/ices.pub.24752961 2024-02-01T14:38:52Z No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Pollution levels of marine debris, including microplastics, are largely undocumented in the Atlantic Ocean. A standardised monitoring method is required to understand the distribution and abundance of microplastic pollution. Sampling of the Northeast Atlantic was conducted during research cruises aboard Ireland’s research vessel, the R.V. Celtic Explorer. Transects covering a total of 14,200 km were sampled through continuous monitoring of open ocean surface water resulting in 482 samples. Items classified as potential plastic were identified in 99% of samples. A total of 6,608 particles were identified, 92.5% were less than 5 mm in length therefore classifying them as microplastic. This is the first report of ubiquitous nature of microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and highlights the potential for the method to be used as a standardised monitoring protocol. ... Conference Object North Atlantic Northeast Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Pollution levels of marine debris, including microplastics, are largely undocumented in the Atlantic Ocean. A standardised monitoring method is required to understand the distribution and abundance of microplastic pollution. Sampling of the Northeast Atlantic was conducted during research cruises aboard Ireland’s research vessel, the R.V. Celtic Explorer. Transects covering a total of 14,200 km were sampled through continuous monitoring of open ocean surface water resulting in 482 samples. Items classified as potential plastic were identified in 99% of samples. A total of 6,608 particles were identified, 92.5% were less than 5 mm in length therefore classifying them as microplastic. This is the first report of ubiquitous nature of microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and highlights the potential for the method to be used as a standardised monitoring protocol. ... |
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