The applicability of reflectance micro-Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy for the detection of synthetic microplastics in marine sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 455-463

  Harrison, Jesse P ^a   Ojeda, Jesús J ^a,b   Romero González, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection; Imaging; Infrared spectroscopy; Marine; Microplastics; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; FOCAL PLANE; FOOD WEBS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT DETECTION; MARINE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MICROPLASTICS; MOLECULAR MAPPING; RECOVERY RATE; REFRACTIVE ERROR; RETENTATE; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPIKING CONCENTRATION; VISUAL SELECTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ERROR DETECTION; FLOTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAPPING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; SYNTHETIC MICROPLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING METHOD; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING;

FILTRATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84856231129     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.078     Document Type: Article

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