Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard
peer reviewed Microplastic contamination is an emerging issue in the marine environment including the Arctic. However, the occurrence of microplastics in the Arctic fjords remains less understood. Sample collections were conducted by trawling horizontally in surface water (0-0.4-m depth) and trawlin...
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/295840 2024-04-21T08:10:49+00:00 Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard Bao, Mengrong Huang, Qinghui Lu, Zhibo Collard, France Cai, Minggang Huang, Peng Yu, Yong Cheng, Shuiping An, Lihui Wold, Anette Gabrielsen, Geir Wing 2022-08 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/295840 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19826-3 en eng Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11356-022-19826-3.pdf urn:issn:0944-1344 urn:issn:1614-7499 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/295840 info:hdl:2268/295840 doi:10.1007/s11356-022-19826-3 scopus-id:2-s2.0-85127261803 info:pmid:35347606 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (37), 56525-56534 (2022-08) Arctic water contamination LDIR chemical imaging Vertical profile Microplastics Plastics Water Plastics/chemistry Svalbard Water Pollutants Chemical/analysis Environmental Chemistry Life sciences Environmental sciences & ecology Sciences du vivant Sciences de l’environnement & écologie journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article peer reviewed 2022 ftorbi https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19826-3 2024-03-27T14:56:53Z peer reviewed Microplastic contamination is an emerging issue in the marine environment including the Arctic. However, the occurrence of microplastics in the Arctic fjords remains less understood. Sample collections were conducted by trawling horizontally in surface water (0-0.4-m depth) and trawling vertically in the water column (0-200-m depth) to investigate the abundance, composition, and distribution of microplastics in the Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard, in the summer of 2017. Laser Direct Infrared chemical imaging technique was applied for the counting and identification of microplastic particles. A total of 1010 microplastic particles and 14 mesoplastics were identified from 41,038 particles in eight samples from the Rijpfjorden. The abundance of microplastics larger than 300 µm was 0.15 ± 0.19 n/m3 in surface water, and 0.15 ± 0.03 n/m3 in the water column of the Rijpfjorden. The microplastic particles identified in Rijpfjorden water consisted of 10 types of polymers. The dominant microplastics are polyurethane, polyethylene, polyvinyl acetate, polystyrene, polypropylene, and alkyd varnish. Historical ship activities and newly melted sea ice might be major sources of microplastics in the seawater of Rijpfjorden. In general, contamination of microplastics larger than 300 µm in Rijpfjorden water is at a low level in comparison to other polar waters. Further research is needed to confirm the origin and fate of microplastics below 300 µm in Arctic fjords. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rijpfjord* Sea ice Svalbard University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29 37 56525 56534 |
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Arctic water contamination LDIR chemical imaging Vertical profile Microplastics Plastics Water Plastics/chemistry Svalbard Water Pollutants Chemical/analysis Environmental Chemistry Life sciences Environmental sciences & ecology Sciences du vivant Sciences de l’environnement & écologie Bao, Mengrong Huang, Qinghui Lu, Zhibo Collard, France Cai, Minggang Huang, Peng Yu, Yong Cheng, Shuiping An, Lihui Wold, Anette Gabrielsen, Geir Wing Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard |
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peer reviewed Microplastic contamination is an emerging issue in the marine environment including the Arctic. However, the occurrence of microplastics in the Arctic fjords remains less understood. Sample collections were conducted by trawling horizontally in surface water (0-0.4-m depth) and trawling vertically in the water column (0-200-m depth) to investigate the abundance, composition, and distribution of microplastics in the Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard, in the summer of 2017. Laser Direct Infrared chemical imaging technique was applied for the counting and identification of microplastic particles. A total of 1010 microplastic particles and 14 mesoplastics were identified from 41,038 particles in eight samples from the Rijpfjorden. The abundance of microplastics larger than 300 µm was 0.15 ± 0.19 n/m3 in surface water, and 0.15 ± 0.03 n/m3 in the water column of the Rijpfjorden. The microplastic particles identified in Rijpfjorden water consisted of 10 types of polymers. The dominant microplastics are polyurethane, polyethylene, polyvinyl acetate, polystyrene, polypropylene, and alkyd varnish. Historical ship activities and newly melted sea ice might be major sources of microplastics in the seawater of Rijpfjorden. In general, contamination of microplastics larger than 300 µm in Rijpfjorden water is at a low level in comparison to other polar waters. Further research is needed to confirm the origin and fate of microplastics below 300 µm in Arctic fjords. |
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Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard |
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Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard |
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Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard |
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Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard |
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Investigation of microplastic pollution in Arctic fjord water: a case study of Rijpfjorden, Northern Svalbard |
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