Quantification of plankton-sized microplastics in a productive coastal Arctic marine ecosystem

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Rist, Sinja, Vianello, Alvise, Winding, Mie Hylstofte Sichlau, Nielsen, Torkel Gissel, Almeda, Rodrigo, Torres, Rocío Rodríguez, Vollertsen, Jes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Bongo net; Greenland; Plastic pollution; Pump-filter system; μFTIR-imaging; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water; name=SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Arctic; Nuuk
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/3afa0de7-b3e9-44d4-aeca-e76ae5830719; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115248; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/217824454/Rist_et_al._2020_Postprint.pdf

Microplastics (MPs) are polluting the Arctic, but our understanding of their abundance, distribution, and sources is limited. This study quantified MPs down to 10 μm in marine waters of the most populated region in Greenland. A new plastic-free pump-filter system was used to collect MPs from surface...