Screening for microplastics in sediment, water, marine invertebrates and fish: Method development and microplastic accumulation

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 403-408

  Karlsson, Therese M ^a,b   Vethaak, A Dick ^a,c   Almroth, Bethanie Carney ^d   Ariese, Freek ^a   van Velzen, Martin ^a   Hassellöv, Martin ^b   Leslie, Heather A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

DEGRADATION EFFECT; DENSITY SEPARATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYMATIC DIGESTIONS; EXPOSURE AND RISK ASSESSMENTS; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; METHOD DEVELOPMENT;

WATER TREATMENT;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; DIGESTION; ENZYME; EXTRACTION METHOD; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MYTILUS EDULIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; POLLUTANT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMO TRUTTA; SCREENING; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

INVERTEBRATA; SALMO TRUTTA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NORTH SEA; PLASTICS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85021799012     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.081     Document Type: Article

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