Abundance and distribution of microplastics within surface sediments of a key shellfish growing region of Canada.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: T N Kazmiruk, V D Kazmiruk, L I Bendell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Lambert Channel; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196005; https://doaj.org/article/6dc347326de444c49a8fedfac817f4f7

The abundance and distribution of microplastics within 5 sediment size classes (>5000 μm, 1000-5000 μm, 250-1000 μm, 250-0.63 μm and < 0.63 μm) were determined for 16 sites within Lambert Channel and Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada. This region is Canada's premier growing area for...