Interactions between trace metals and plastic production pellets under estuarine conditions

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-32

  Holmes, Luke A ^a   Turner, Andrew ^a   Thompson, Richard C ^b  

^a School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Estuaries; Plastic pellets; Speciation; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PH; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL;

EID: 84910071264     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Acha E.M., Mianzan H.W., Iribane O., Gagliardini D.A., Lasta C., Daleo P. The role of the Rio de la Plata bottom salinity front in accumulating debris. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2003, 46:197-202.
2. Ashton K., Holmes L., Turner A. Association of metals with plastic production pellets in the marine environment. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2010, 60:2050-2055.
3. Bakir A., Rowland S.J., Thompson R.C. Transport of persistent organic pollutants by microplastics in estuarine conditions. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2014, 140:14-21.
4. Bell F.G., Lindsay P., Hytiris N. Contaminated ground and contaminated estuary sediment illustrated by two case histories. Environ. Geol. 1997, 32:191-202.
5. Browne M.A., Galloway T.S., Thompson R.C. Spatial patterns of plastic debris along estuarine shorelines. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44:3404-3409.
6. Costa M.F., Silva-Cavalcanti J.S., Barbosa C.C., Portugal J.L., Barletta M. Plastics buried in the inter-tidal plain of a tropical estuarine ecosystem. J. Coast. Res. 2011, 64:339-343.
7. Debrot A.O., Tiel A.B., Bradshaw J.E. Beach debris in Curacao. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 1999, 38:795-801.
8. Du Laing G., Rinklebe J., Vandecasteele B., Meers E., Tack F.M.G. Trace metal behaviour in estuarine and riverine floodplain soils and sediments: a review. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 407:3972-3985.
9. Eriksson C., Burton H., Fitch S., Schulz M., van den Hoff J. Daily accumulation rates of marine debris on sub-Antarctic island beaches. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2013, 66:199-208.
10. Fotopoulou K.N., Karapanagio H.K. Surface properties of beached plastic pellets. Mar. Environ. Res. 2012, 81:70-77.
11. Fries E., Zarfl C. Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to low and high density polyethylene (PE). Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2012, 19:1296-1304.
12. Goldberg E.D. Plasticizing the seafloor: an overview. Environ. Technol. 1997, 18:195-201.
13. Gregory M.R. Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings - entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 2009, 364:2013-2025.
14. Hardy J.T., Crecelius E.A., Antrim L.D., Kiesser S.L., Broadhurst V.L., Boehm P.D., Steinhauer W.G., Coogan T.H. Aquatic surface microlayer contamination in Chesapeake Bay, USA. Mar. Chem. 1990, 28:333-352.
15. Holmes L.A., Turner A., Thompson R.C. Adsorption of trace metals to plastic resin pellets in the marine environment. Environ. Pollut. 2012, 160:42-48.
16. Jones M.N., Bryan N.D. Colloidal properties of humic substances. Adv. Colloid Interf. Sci. 1998, 78:1-48.
17. Karapanagioti H.K., Klontza I. Testing phenanthrene distribution properties of virgin plastic pellets and plastic eroded pellets found on Lesvos island beaches (Greece). Mar. Environ. Res. 2008, 65:283-290.
18. Koelmans A.A., Besseling E., Wegner A., Foekema E.M. Plastic as a carrier of POPs to aquatic organisms: a model analysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47:7812-7820.
19. Li Y.-H., Burkhardt L., Teraoka H. Desorption and coagulation of trace elements during estuarine mixing. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1984, 48:1879-1884.
20. Mayer L.M., Schick L.L. Removal of hexavalent chromium from estuarine waters by model substrates and natural sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1981, 15:1482-1484.
21. Moore C.J., Lattin G.L., Zellers A.F. Quantity and type of plastic debris flowing from two urban rivers to coastal waters and beaches of southern California. J. Integr. Coast. Zone Manag. 2011, 11:65-73.
22. Morritt D., Stefanoudis P.V., Pearce D., Crimmen O.A., Clark P.F. Plastic in the Thames: a river runs through it. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2014, 78:196-200.
23. Mrosovsky N., Ryan G.D., James M.C. Leatherback turtles: the menace of plastic. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2009, 58:287-289.
24. Olsen C.R., Larsen I.L., Mulholland P.J., Vondamm K.L., Grebmeier J.M., Schaffner L.C., Diaz R.J., Nichols M.M. The concept of an equilibrium surface-applied to particle sources and contaminant distributions in estuarine sediments. Estuaries 1993, 16:683-696.
25. Rochman C.M., Hentschel B.T., The S.J. Long-term sorption of metals is similar among plastic types: implications for plastic debris in aquatic environments. PLoS One 2014, 10.1371/journal.pone.0085433.
26. Santos I.R., Friedrich A.C., Wallner-Kersanach M., Fillmann G. Influence of socio-economic characteristics of beach users on litter generation. Ocean Coast. Manag. 2005, 48:742-752.
27. Tipping E. Humic ion-binding model VI: an improved description of the interactions of protons and metal ions with humic substances. Aquat. Geochem. 1998, 4:3-48.
28. Tipping E., Lofts S., Lawlor A.J. Modelling the chemical speciation of trace metals in the surface waters of the Humber system. Sci. Total Environ. 1998, 210/211:63-77.
29. Turner A., Millward G.E. Suspended particles: their role in estuarine biogeochemical cycles. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2002, 55:857-883.
30. Turner A., Le Roux S.M., Millward G.E. Speciation and partitioning of cadmium and zinc in two contrasting estuaries: the role of hydrophobic organic matter. Limnol. Oceanogr. 2004, 49:11-19.
31. Turner A., Crussell M., Millward G.E., Cobelo-Garcia A., Fisher A.S. Adsorption kinetics of platinum group elements in river water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:1524-1531.
32. Turner D.R., Whitfield M., Dickson A.G. The equilibrium speciation of dissolved components in freshwater and seawater at 25°C and 1atm pressure. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1981, 45:855-881.
33. Vyas N., Turner A., Sewell G. Platinum-based anticancer drugs in waste waters of a major UK hospital and predicted concentrations in recipient surface waters. Sci. Total Environ. 2014, 493:324-329.
34. Williams A.T., Simmons S.L. Estuarine litter at the river/beach interface in the Bristol Channel, United Kingdom. J. Coast. Res. 1997, 13:1159-1165.