DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.108
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84977119187
论文题名: Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar
作者: Castillo A.B. ; Al-Maslamani I. ; Obbard J.P.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2016
卷: 111, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 260
结束页码: 267
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Extraction techniques
; FTIR
; Marine environment
; Microplastics
; Plankton
; Qatar EEZ
Scopus关键词: ABS resins
; Extraction
; Ocean habitats
; Plankton
; Polyethylenes
; Polymers
; Polymethyl methacrylates
; Polypropylenes
; Styrene
; Extraction techniques
; FTIR
; Marine environment
; Microplastics
; Qatar EEZ
; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
; 1,3 butadiene
; acrylonitrile
; cellophane
; microplastic
; plastic
; poly(methyl methacrylate)
; polyamide
; polyethylene
; polymer
; polypropylene
; polystyrene
; sea water
; styrene
; unclassified drug
; plastic
; polyethylene
; polymer
; polystyrene derivative
; water pollutant
; Exclusive Economic Zone
; extraction method
; FTIR spectroscopy
; marine environment
; marine pollution
; plankton
; plastic waste
; polymer
; animal tissue
; Article
; concentration (parameters)
; controlled study
; extraction
; infrared spectroscopy
; nonhuman
; particle size
; Qatar
; sea pollution
; shipping
; water analysis
; analysis
; chemistry
; environmental monitoring
; fractionation
; plankton
; procedures
; reproducibility
; water pollutant
; Qatar
; Chemical Fractionation
; Environmental Monitoring
; Plankton
; Plastics
; Polyethylene
; Polymers
; Polystyrenes
; Qatar
; Reproducibility of Results
; Seawater
; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
; Water Pollutants, Chemical
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Microplastics are firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing threat to marine biota and their associated marine habitats worldwide. The evidence of the prevalence of microplastics was documented for the first time in the marine waters of Qatar's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). An optimized and validated protocol was developed for the extraction of microplastics from plankton-rich seawater samples without loss of microplastic debris present and characterized using Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy. In total 30 microplastic polymers have been identified with an average concentration of 0.71 particles m− 3 (range 0–3 particles m− 3). Polypropylene, low density polyethylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polyamide, polymethyl methacrylate, cellophane, and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene polymers were characterized with majority of the microplastics either granular shape, sizes ranging from 125 μm to 1.82 mm or fibrous with sizes from 150 μm to 15.98 mm. The microplastics are evident in areas where nearby anthropogenic activities, including oil-rig installations and shipping operations are present. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/86719
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作者单位: Qatar University, Environmental Science Center, P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
Recommended Citation:
Castillo A.B.,Al-Maslamani I.,Obbard J.P.. Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2016-01-01,111(2018-01-02)