Small Microplastics, and Microlitter Components in Superficial Water and Sediments of Krossfjorden, Svalbard Archipelago

• Main Authors: Giulia Vitale, Massimiliano Vardé, Federico Giglio, Sara Giansiracusa, Stefano Miserocchi, Mathia Sabino, Beatrice Rosso, Ingegorg Hallanger, Fabiana Corami
• Other Authors: Giulia Vitale, Massimiliano Vardé, Federico Giglio, Sara Giansiracusa, Stefano Miserocchi, Mathia Sabino, Beatrice Rosso, Ingegorg Hallanger,Fabiana Corami, Vitale, Giulia, Vardé, Massimiliano, Giglio, Federico, Giansiracusa, Sara, Miserocchi, Stefano, Sabino, Mathia, Rosso, Beatrice, Hallanger, Ingegorg, Corami, Fabiana
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nessuno 2023
• Subjects: microplastics; marine; arctic; svalbard; additives; Settore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e Inorganica; Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Krossfjorden; Kings Bay; Teisten; Krossfjord*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10278/5029480

Small microplastics (SMPs, <100 μm), additives and plasticizers (APs) can reach high latitudes through long-range transport, but they can also be released locally by human settlements and commercial/tourist activities. The study of the distribution of SMPs and APs is still neglected in the Arctic...