Accumulation and distribution of microplastics in coastal sediments from the inner Oslofjord, Norway

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Bronzo, Laura, Lusher, Amy, Merete, Schøyen, Morigi, Caterina
• Other Authors: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Pisa, Pisa, Italia, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (INGV), Økernveien 94, 0579 Oslo, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlens gate 53 A/, 5020 Bergen, Norway, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Økernveien 94, 0579 Oslo, Norway, University of Pisa, Earth Sciences Department, Via Santa Maria 53, 56126, Italy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Accumulation; Plastic pollution; Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP); Sediment core; FT-IR; Microplastics; Marine sediments; Niva; Norway; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/15372; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X21011103?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113076

Microplastic presence in benthic marine systems is a widely discussed topic. The influence of the natural matrix on microplastic distribution within the sedimentary matrix is often overlooked. Marine sediments from the western inner Oslofjord, Norway, were investigated for temporal trends, with a pa...