| Title: | Microplastic contamination in protected areas of the Gulf of Venice |
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| Authors: | ID Mistri, Michele (Author)
ID Scoponi, Marco (Author)
ID Sfriso, Andrea Augusto (Author)
ID Curiotto, Marta (Author)
ID Sfriso, Adriano (Author)
ID Orlando-Bonaca, Martina (Author)
ID Lipej, Lovrenc (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11270-021-05323-9
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | We investigated the concentration and composition of plastics in 7 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) from the Gulf of Venice (northern Adriatic Sea). A total of 42 sediment samples were analyzed from 21 sites from 2017 to 2018. All sites except one were found to be polluted by plastics, with density ranging between 2250 and 28.4 items kg−1. Microplastics ranged from 100 to 61.6% of the collected plastics. Fragments were more represented than filaments. The greatest plastic concentrations were generally recorded in western SACs. Identification through FT-IR spectroscopy evidenced the presence of 8 polymer types: in western SACS, the majority were low-density polymers (PE, PP, PS, and TPU), while in eastern SACs they were high-density polymers (PET, nylon, and PVC). In addition to the role of large rivers (all on the western side of the Gulf) in conveying plastics into the sea, a possible role of the cyclonic water circulation of the northern Adriatic Sea on distribution and composition of plastics along the Gulf coasts is likely. |
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| Keywords: | microplastics, special areas of conservation, polymer composition, Gulf of Venice, FT-IR spectroscopy |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 07.09.2021 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-9 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 232, no. 9 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-19461  |
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| UDC: | 502.3/.7:620.1/.2:535 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0049-6979 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s11270-021-05323-9 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 76075267 |
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| Note: | Soavtorji: Marco Scoponi, Andrea A. Sfriso, Cristina Munari, Marta Curiotto, Adriano Sfriso, Martina Orlando-Bonaca & Lovrenc Lipej;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 19.07.2024 |
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