Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 218-226

  Horton, Alice A ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a   Spurgeon, David J ^a   Lahive, Elma ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Microplastics; Pollution; Raman; Sediment; Sources

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FLOTATION; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; POLLUTION; POLYPROPYLENES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; URBAN GROWTH; WATER;

FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; MICROPLASTICS; RAMAN; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; STEPWISE APPROACH;

ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

ACRYLONITRILE; FRESH WATER; PAINT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYARYLSULPHONE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRIBUTARY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FLOTATION; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; STORM DRAIN OUTFALL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL EXTRACTION; WASTE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; POLYPROPYLENES; RIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84999886480     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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