Microplastic in the surface waters of the Ross Sea (Antarctica): Occurrence, distribution and characterization by FTIR

Chemosphere

Volumn 175, Issue , 2017, Pages 391-400

  Cincinelli, Alessandra ^a,b   Scopetani, Costanza ^a   Chelazzi, David ^b   Lombardini, Emilia ^a   Martellini, Tania ^a   Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^c   Fossi, Maria Cristina ^d   Corsolini, Simonetta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CSGI (Consorzio per Io Sviluppo Dei Sistemi A Grande Interfase)   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; FTIR; Microplastic; Ross Sea; Subsurface water

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROPLASTIC; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; POLYPROPYLENES; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

ANTARCTICA; FTIR; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; NONINVASIVE METHODS; ROSS SEA; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SUBSURFACE WATERS; WATER SAMPLING;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SEA WATER; PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTER; FILTRATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PLASTIC; SEAWATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEA; SEASHORE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANALYSIS; ANTARCTICA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85013663009     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.024     Document Type: Article

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