Quantification of plankton-sized microplastics in a productive coastal Arctic marine ecosystem

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Rist, Sinja, Vianello, Alvise, Winding, Mie Hylstofte Sichlau, Nielsen, Torkel Gissel, Almeda García, Rodrigo, Torres, Rocío Rodríguez, Vollertsen, Jes
• Other Authors: BU-BAS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: 251001 Oceanografía biológica; Greenland; Plastic pollution; Pump-filter system; Bongo net; µFTIR-imaging; Arctic; Nuuk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/75393; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115248

Microplastics (MPs) are polluting the Arctic, but our understanding of their abundance, distribution, andsources is limited. This study quantified MPs down to 10mm in marine waters of the most populatedregion in Greenland. A new plastic-free pump-filter system was used to collect MPs from surface wa...