Pollution of Siberian rivers with microplastic: the way to Arctic seas

• Main Authors: Frank, Yuliya A., Vorobiev, Egor D., Kyler, O. A., Kulinicheva, Ksenia S., Trifonov, Andrey A., Vorobiev, Danil S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: микропластик; реки; Сибирь; донные отложения; загрязнение рек; поверхностные воды; Arctic; Kara Sea; Tunguska
• Online Access: https://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/koha:000923999

For the first time, a quantitative analysis of microplastics in surface waters and bottom sediments of Siberian rivers has been carried out. The average content of particles in water varied from 2.58 ± 1.87 units / m3 for a remote tributary of the Yenisei, r. Lower Tunguska, up to 51.2 ± 36.5 units...