Surface microplastics in the Kara Sea: from the Kara Gate to the 83°N

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Anfisa Berezina, Svetlana Pakhomova, Igor Zhdanov, Olga Mekhova, Tatiana Polivanova, Matvei Novikov, Maria Pogojeva, Alexander Osadchiev, Natalia Stepanova, Evgeniy Yakushev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: microplastic; Arctic; Kara Sea; Kara Gate; Ob and Yenisey plumes; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Yenisey; North Atlantic; yenisey river
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1268879; https://doaj.org/article/67dd2c65f67a4ba19901d65083d0ae52

Despite ongoing research into microplastics pollution in the Arctic Ocean, the region remains underexplored. In the Eurasian Arctic studies mainly focus on the Barents Sea, while there are only limited and variable data from few stations in the Kara Sea. The study aims to perform an extensive survey...