Surface microplastics in the Kara Sea: from the Kara Gate to the 83°N

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Berezina, Anfisa, Pakhomova, Svetlana, Zhdanov, Igor, Mekhova, Olga, Polivanova, Tatiana, Novikov, Matvei, Pogojeva, Maria, Osadchiev, Alexander, Stepanova, Natalia, Yakushev, Evgeniy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Kara Sea; Yenisey; North Atlantic; yenisey river
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3102614; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1268879

Despite ongoing research into microplastics pollution in the Arctic Ocean, the region remains underexplored. In the Eurasian Arctic studies mainly focus on the Barents Sea, while there are only limited and variable data from few stations in the Kara Sea. The study aims to perform an extensive survey...