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Polymer Identification and Specific Analysis (PISA) of Microplastic Total Mass in Sediments of the Protected Marine Area of the Meloria Shoals
- Source :
- Polymers, Vol 13, Iss 5, p 796 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Microplastics (MPs) quantification in benthic marine sediments is typically performed by time-consuming and moderately accurate mechanical separation and microscopy detection. In this paper, we describe the results of our innovative Polymer Identification and Specific Analysis (PISA) of microplastic total mass, previously tested on either less complex sandy beach sediment or less demanding (because of the high MPs content) wastewater treatment plant sludges, applied to the analysis of benthic sediments from a sublittoral area north-west of Leghorn (Tuscany, Italy). Samples were collected from two shallow sites characterized by coarse debris in a mixed seabed of Posidonia oceanica, and by a very fine silty-organogenic sediment, respectively. After sieving at
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13050796 and 20734360
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Polymers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.bfa9e771dc8846c59de914f17c1d45bd
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13050796