Pilot studies of microplastic abundance in the Yenisei River, Siberia

• Main Authors: Frank, Yulia, Vorobiev, Egor, Trifonov, Anton, Vorobiev, Danil
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Microplastics; Russian inland waters; Siberian Rivers; Arctic Ocean; Kara Sea; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7299653

Rivers are major pathways of microplastic (MP) transport from terrestrial areas to the oceans. Siberian rivers can carry MPs into the Arctic Ocean. However, the quantitative contribution of Ob, Yenisei and Lena rivers to MP flows in the Arctic region is still uncertain. In this study we quantified M...