Preliminary Screening for Microplastic Concentrations in the Surface Water of the Ob and Tom Rivers in Siberia, Russia
To date, the largest Russian rivers discharging to the Arctic Ocean remain a “blank spot” on the world map of data on the distribution of microplastics in freshwater systems. This study characterizes the abundance and morphology of microplastics in surface water of the Ob River and its large tributa...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1113e90710cb429cb255c5e977c67a5b 2023-05-15T14:58:42+02:00 Preliminary Screening for Microplastic Concentrations in the Surface Water of the Ob and Tom Rivers in Siberia, Russia Yulia A. Frank Egor D. Vorobiev Danil S. Vorobiev Andrey A. Trifonov Dmitry V. Antsiferov Tina Soliman Hunter Scott P. Wilson Vladimir Strezov 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010080 https://doaj.org/article/1113e90710cb429cb255c5e977c67a5b EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/1/80 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050 doi:10.3390/su13010080 2071-1050 https://doaj.org/article/1113e90710cb429cb255c5e977c67a5b Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 80, p 80 (2020) microplastic abundance microplastic cycle freshwater rivers Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010080 2022-12-30T22:03:48Z To date, the largest Russian rivers discharging to the Arctic Ocean remain a “blank spot” on the world map of data on the distribution of microplastics in freshwater systems. This study characterizes the abundance and morphology of microplastics in surface water of the Ob River and its large tributary, the Tom River, in western Siberia. The average number of particles for the two rivers ranged from 44.2 to 51.2 items per m 3 or from 79.4 to 87.5 μg per m 3 in the Tom River and in the Ob River, respectively. Of the recovered microplastics, 93.5% were less than 1 mm in their largest dimension, the largest group (45.5% of total counts) consisted of particles with sizes range 0.30–1.00 mm. Generally, microfragments of irregular shape were the most abundant among the Ob and Tom samples (47.4%) and exceeded microfibers (22.1%), microfilms (20.8%), and microspheres (9.74%) by average counts. Results from this study provide a baseline for understanding the scale of the transport of microplastics by the Ob River system into the Arctic Ocean and add to currently available data on microplastics abundance and diversity in freshwater systems of differing global geographic locations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean ob river Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Arctic Ocean Sustainability 13 1 80 |
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To date, the largest Russian rivers discharging to the Arctic Ocean remain a “blank spot” on the world map of data on the distribution of microplastics in freshwater systems. This study characterizes the abundance and morphology of microplastics in surface water of the Ob River and its large tributary, the Tom River, in western Siberia. The average number of particles for the two rivers ranged from 44.2 to 51.2 items per m 3 or from 79.4 to 87.5 μg per m 3 in the Tom River and in the Ob River, respectively. Of the recovered microplastics, 93.5% were less than 1 mm in their largest dimension, the largest group (45.5% of total counts) consisted of particles with sizes range 0.30–1.00 mm. Generally, microfragments of irregular shape were the most abundant among the Ob and Tom samples (47.4%) and exceeded microfibers (22.1%), microfilms (20.8%), and microspheres (9.74%) by average counts. Results from this study provide a baseline for understanding the scale of the transport of microplastics by the Ob River system into the Arctic Ocean and add to currently available data on microplastics abundance and diversity in freshwater systems of differing global geographic locations. |
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Yulia A. Frank Egor D. Vorobiev Danil S. Vorobiev Andrey A. Trifonov Dmitry V. Antsiferov Tina Soliman Hunter Scott P. Wilson Vladimir Strezov |
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Yulia A. Frank Egor D. Vorobiev Danil S. Vorobiev Andrey A. Trifonov Dmitry V. Antsiferov Tina Soliman Hunter Scott P. Wilson Vladimir Strezov |
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Preliminary Screening for Microplastic Concentrations in the Surface Water of the Ob and Tom Rivers in Siberia, Russia |
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Preliminary Screening for Microplastic Concentrations in the Surface Water of the Ob and Tom Rivers in Siberia, Russia |
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Preliminary Screening for Microplastic Concentrations in the Surface Water of the Ob and Tom Rivers in Siberia, Russia |
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Preliminary Screening for Microplastic Concentrations in the Surface Water of the Ob and Tom Rivers in Siberia, Russia |
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Preliminary Screening for Microplastic Concentrations in the Surface Water of the Ob and Tom Rivers in Siberia, Russia |
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preliminary screening for microplastic concentrations in the surface water of the ob and tom rivers in siberia, russia |
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