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oapen-20.500.12657-627762024-03-28T08:18:46Z Chapter Chemical composition of microplastics floating on the Mediterranean Sea surface Kedzierski, Mikaël Palazot, Maialen Soccalingame, Lata Falcou-Préfol, Mathilde Gorsky, Gabriel Galgani, François Bruzaud, Stéphane Pedrotti, Maria Luiza Microplastics Mediterranean Sea FTIR Chemical composition Poly(ethylene) thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment Main objective of this study was to describe chemical composition of MP collected in surface waters of Mediterranean Sea. Samples were collected by manta net during Tara Mediterranean expedition (June–Nov.2014). Our results pointed to certain homogeneity at Mediterranean Sea scale. Main polymers collected were polyethylene (PE) (67.3±2.4%), polypropylene (20.8±2.1%), polystyrene (3.0±0.9%). Still, discrepancies, confirmed by literature, were observed at mesoscale level. Thus, in North Tyrrhenian Sea, proportion of PE was significantly lower than average value of Mediterranean Sea (57.9±10.5%). 2023-05-01T13:43:41Z 2023-05-01T13:43:41Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20230501_9791221500301_192 9791221500301 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62776 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International chapter-36987.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0030-1_44 Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.44 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.44 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221500301 1 10 Florence open access
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Main objective of this study was to describe chemical composition of MP collected in surface waters of Mediterranean Sea. Samples were collected by manta net during Tara Mediterranean expedition (June–Nov.2014). Our results pointed to certain homogeneity at Mediterranean Sea scale. Main polymers collected were polyethylene (PE) (67.3±2.4%), polypropylene (20.8±2.1%), polystyrene (3.0±0.9%). Still, discrepancies, confirmed by literature, were observed at mesoscale level. Thus, in North Tyrrhenian Sea, proportion of PE was significantly lower than average value of Mediterranean Sea (57.9±10.5%).
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