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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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2073-4441/13/22/3248/ 2023-08-20T04:04:06+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 agris 2021-11-16 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223248 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Water Quality and Contamination https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13223248 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Water; Volume 13; Issue 22; Pages: 3248 microplastics abundance microfibers Siberian rivers surface water bottom sediments Text 2021 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223248 2023-08-01T03:16:24Z 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/m3, 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. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Siberia MDPI Open Access Publishing 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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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/m3, 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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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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