Quantification and distribution of marine microdebris in the surface waters of Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica).

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Monràs-Riera, Pere, Angulo-Preckler, Carlos, Avila, Conxita
• Other Authors: Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address:, Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier BV 2023
• Subjects: FTIR; Pollution; Anthropogenic Impact; Microplastics; Microfibres; Antarctic; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/694394; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115516

Microdebris are ubiquitous and the Southern Ocean is no exception. Despite the recent increment in Antarctic studies assessing this threat, there is still scarce information available. Here, we quantified the microdebris in surface water, and their distribution within two bays of Livingston Island (...