Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results
This study is a pioneering attempt to count microplastics (MPs) in the Yenisei River system to clarify the role of Siberian Rivers in the transport of MPs to the Arctic Ocean. The average MPs content in the surface water of the Yenisei large tributary, the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River, varied from 1.20...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f999d39641374ab6acf26be7205f234f 2023-05-15T14:55:02+02:00 Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results Yulia A. Frank Danil S. Vorobiev Olga A. Kayler Egor D. Vorobiev Ksenia S. Kulinicheva Anton A. Trifonov Tina Soliman Hunter 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223248 https://doaj.org/article/f999d39641374ab6acf26be7205f234f EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/22/3248 https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4441 doi:10.3390/w13223248 2073-4441 https://doaj.org/article/f999d39641374ab6acf26be7205f234f Water, Vol 13, Iss 3248, p 3248 (2021) microplastics abundance microfibers Siberian rivers surface water bottom sediments Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223248 2022-12-31T04:59:27Z This study is a pioneering attempt to count microplastics (MPs) in the Yenisei River system to clarify the role of Siberian Rivers in the transport of MPs to the Arctic Ocean. The average MPs content in the surface water of the Yenisei large tributary, the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River, varied from 1.20 ± 0.70 to 4.53 ± 2.04 items/m 3 , tending to increase along the watercourse ( p < 0.05). Concentrations of MPs in bottom sediments of the two rivers were 235 ± 83.0 to 543 ± 94.1 with no tendency of downstream increasing. Linear association (r = 0.952) between average organic matter content and average counts of MPs in bottom sediments occurred. Presumably MPs originated from the daily activities of the in-situ population. Further spatial-temporal studies are needed to estimate the riverine MPs fluxes into the Eurasian Arctic seas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Arctic Ocean Yenisei River ENVELOPE(84.738,84.738,69.718,69.718) Tunguska ENVELOPE(144.784,144.784,59.388,59.388) Nizhnyaya Tunguska ENVELOPE(88.067,88.067,65.800,65.800) Water 13 22 3248 |
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microplastics abundance microfibers Siberian rivers surface water bottom sediments Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 Yulia A. Frank Danil S. Vorobiev Olga A. Kayler Egor D. Vorobiev Ksenia S. Kulinicheva Anton A. Trifonov Tina Soliman Hunter Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results |
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This study is a pioneering attempt to count microplastics (MPs) in the Yenisei River system to clarify the role of Siberian Rivers in the transport of MPs to the Arctic Ocean. The average MPs content in the surface water of the Yenisei large tributary, the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River, varied from 1.20 ± 0.70 to 4.53 ± 2.04 items/m 3 , tending to increase along the watercourse ( p < 0.05). Concentrations of MPs in bottom sediments of the two rivers were 235 ± 83.0 to 543 ± 94.1 with no tendency of downstream increasing. Linear association (r = 0.952) between average organic matter content and average counts of MPs in bottom sediments occurred. Presumably MPs originated from the daily activities of the in-situ population. Further spatial-temporal studies are needed to estimate the riverine MPs fluxes into the Eurasian Arctic seas. |
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Yulia A. Frank Danil S. Vorobiev Olga A. Kayler Egor D. Vorobiev Ksenia S. Kulinicheva Anton A. Trifonov Tina Soliman Hunter |
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Yulia A. Frank Danil S. Vorobiev Olga A. Kayler Egor D. Vorobiev Ksenia S. Kulinicheva Anton A. Trifonov Tina Soliman Hunter |
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Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results |
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Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results |
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Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results |
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Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results |
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Evidence for Microplastics Contamination of the Remote Tributary of the Yenisei River, Siberia—The Pilot Study Results |
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evidence for microplastics contamination of the remote tributary of the yenisei river, siberia—the pilot study results |
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