Anthropogenic microfibres pollution in marine biota. A new and simple methodology to minimize airborne contamination

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 55-61

  Torre, Michele ^a   Digka, Nikoletta ^a   Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini ^a   Tsangaris, Catherine ^a   Mytilineou, Chryssi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artefact; Background contamination; Litter ingestion; Marine litter pollution; Microfibres; Microlitter

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION; ARTEFACT; CHEMICAL DIGESTION; MARINE LITTER; MICROFIBRES; MICROLITTER; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; MARINE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CITHARUS LINGUATULA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTESTINE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROLITTER; MULLUS BARBATUS; NONHUMAN; PAGELLUS ERITHRINUS; PERCIFORMES; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; STEREOMICROSCOPY; STOMACH; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

PISCES;

AIR POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84998816252     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.07.050     Document Type: Article

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