Detection of low numbers of microplastics in North Sea fish using strict quality assurance criteria

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 253-258

  Hermsen, Enya ^a   Pompe, Renske ^a   Besseling, Ellen ^a   Koelmans, Albert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Fish; Ingestion; Microplastics; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INGESTION (ENGINES);

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MICROPLASTICS; NO CONTAMINATIONS; NORTH SEA; PARTICLE COUNTS; PLASTIC PARTICLE;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; FISH; INGESTION RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INCIDENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HERRING; BIOTA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FREQUENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INGESTION; LIMANDA LIMANDA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGU; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HUMANS; NORTH SEA; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85021225341     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.051     Document Type: Article

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