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DOI | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111130 |
Microplastic contamination in east Antarctic sea ice | |
Kelly A.; Lannuzel D.; Rodemann T.; Meiners K.M.; Auman H.J. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 0025326X |
卷号 | 154 |
英文摘要 | The durability of plastics in the marine environment has led to concerns regarding the pervasiveness of this debris in remote polar habitats. Microplastic (MP) enrichment in East Antarctic sea ice was measured in one ice core sampled from coastal land-fast sea ice. The core was processed and filtered material was analyzed using micro Fourier-Transform Infrared (μFTIR) spectroscopy. 96 MP particles were identified, averaging 11.71 particles L−1. The most common MP polymers (polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyamide) were consistent with those most frequently represented in the majority of marine MP studies. Sea-ice MP concentrations were positively related with chlorophyll a, suggesting living biomass could assist in incorporating MPs in sea ice. Our preliminary results indicate that sea ice has the potential to serve as a reservoir for MP debris in the Southern Ocean, which may have consequences for Southern Ocean food webs and biogeochemistry. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
英文关键词 | East Antarctica; Land-fast sea ice; Marine debris; Microplastics; Plastic pollution; Southern Ocean |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Debris; Microplastic; Polypropylenes; Antarctic sea ice; Chlorophyll a; Coastal lands; Food webs; Fourier transform infra reds; Marine environment; Polar habitats; Southern ocean; Sea ice; chlorophyll a; hydrogen peroxide; microplastic; organic carbon; polyamide; polyethylene; polymer; polypropylene; plastic; concentration (composition); durability; marine pollution; plastic waste; pollution monitoring; sea ice; Article; biogeochemistry; biomass; chemical composition; concentration (parameter); filtration; food web; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; microplastic pollution; particle size; plastic waste; salinity; sea ice; Southern Ocean; temperature; Antarctica; environmental monitoring; ice cover; water pollutant; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Regions; Chlorophyll A; Environmental Monitoring; Ice Cover; Microplastics; Plastics; Water Pollutants, Chemical |
来源期刊 | Marine Pollution Bulletin
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/149015 |
作者单位 | Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia; Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 80, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia; Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 74, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia; Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kelly A.,Lannuzel D.,Rodemann T.,et al. Microplastic contamination in east Antarctic sea ice[J],2020,154. |
APA | Kelly A.,Lannuzel D.,Rodemann T.,Meiners K.M.,&Auman H.J..(2020).Microplastic contamination in east Antarctic sea ice.Marine Pollution Bulletin,154. |
MLA | Kelly A.,et al."Microplastic contamination in east Antarctic sea ice".Marine Pollution Bulletin 154(2020). |
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