CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN A MELTWATER STREAM IN FILDES PENINSULA (KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA)

• Main Authors: De Feo, Bárbara, Lacerot, Gissell, Lozoya, Juan Pablo, Krojmal, Evelyn, Ramos, Alejandro, Vidal, Camila, González-Pleiter, Miguel, Teixeira De Mello, Franco
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; Meltwater streams; Microplastics; Antarctic; King George Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Maxwell Bay; Artigas; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7216355; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7216355

Human activities in Antarctica have increased due to the establishment of scientific bases, marine traffic, and tourism, which have led to the production of high amounts of waste, particularly plastics and microplastics (MPs, plastic particles ¡ 5 mm). At the Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, An...