Development and optimization of a standard method for extraction of microplastics in mussels by enzyme digestion of soft tissues

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 947-951

  Catarino, Ana I ^a   Thompson, Richard ^b   Sanderson, William ^a,c   Henry, Theodore B ^a,d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c St Abbs Marine Station   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging pollutants; Environmental toxicology; Enzymatic digestion; Fourier transform infrared (FT IR); Microplastics; Mussels

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PLASTIC; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRIC ACID; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASTICS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85016410978     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3608     Document Type: Article

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