Pigments and plastic in limnetic ecosystems: A qualitative and quantitative study on microparticles of different size classes

Water Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-74

  Imhof, Hannes K ^a,c   Laforsch, Christian ^a   Wiesheu, Alexandra C ^b   Schmid, Johannes ^b,d   Anger, Philipp M ^b   Niessner, Reinhard ^b   Ivleva, Natalia P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d BMW AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(micro)plastic; Heavy metal; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS); Paint (micro)particles; Raman microspectroscopy (RM); Subalpine lake

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LAKES; LASER ABLATION; PAINT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WATER;

(MICRO)PLASTIC; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMNETIC ECOSYSTEMS; MICRO PARTICLES; MICRO PLASTICS; PAINT (MICRO)PARTICLE; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; SUBALPINE LAKE;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BARIUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; PIGMENT; PLASTIC; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE; TITANIUM; FRESH WATER; METAL; PAINT;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTA; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIGMENT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTA; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; LIMNETIC ZONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMER PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM;

ITALY; LAKE GARDA;

ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; METALS; PAINT; PLASTICS;

EID: 84962921293     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.015     Document Type: Article

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