Occurrence and identification of microplastics along a beach in the Biosphere Reserve of Lanzarote
Entidad
UAM. Departamento de BiologíaEditor
ElsevierFecha de edición
2019-04-29Cita
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.061
Marine Pollution Bulletin 143 (2019): 220-227
ISSN
0025-326X (print); 1879-3363 (online)DOI
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.061Proyecto
Gobierno de España. CTM2016-74927-C2-1-R; Gobierno de España. CTM2016-74927-C2-2-RVersión del editor
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.061Materias
FTIR; Microplastics; Raman; Marine Debris; Marine Pollution; Biología y Biomedicina / BiologíaDerechos
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd.
Esta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Resumen
This work studied the accumulation of plastic debris in a remote beach located in La Graciosa island (Chinijo archipelago, Canary Islands). Microplastics were sampled in the 1–5 mm mesh opening range. An average plastic density of 36.3 g/m2 was obtained with a large variability along the 90 m of the beach (from 8.5 g/m2 to 103.4 g/m2). Microplastic particles preferentially accumulated in the part of the beach protected by rocks. A total number of 9149 plastic particles were collected, recorded and measured, 87% of which corresponded to fragments. Clear colours and microscopic evidence of weathering corresponded to aged plastics wind-driven by the surface Canary Current. The chemical composition of plastics particles corresponded to PE (63%), PP (32%) and PS (3%). Higher PE/PP ratios were recorded in the more protected parts of the beach, suggesting preferential accumulation of more aged fragments
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Google Scholar:Edo, Carlos
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Tamayo-Belda, Miguel
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Martínez-Campos, Sergio
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Martín-Betancor, Keila
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González-Pleiter, Miguel
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Pulido-Reyes, Gerardo
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García-Ruiz, Carmen
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Zapata, Félix
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Leganés Nieto, Francisco
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Fernández Piñas, Francisca
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Rosal, Roberto
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