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Sources and fate of microplastics in marine and beach sediments of the Southern Baltic Sea—a preliminary study

Abstract

Microplastics’ sources and fate in marine bottom and beach sediments of strongly polluted Baltic Sea have been investigated.Microplastics were extracted using sodium chloride. Their qualitative identification was conducted using micro-Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (μFT-IR).

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  • Photo of  Bożena Graca

    Bożena Graca

    • Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk Department of Marine Chemistry and Environmental Protection
  • Photo of  Karolina Szewc

    Karolina Szewc

    • Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk Department of Marine Chemistry and Environmental Protection
  • Photo of  Danuta Zakrzewska

    Danuta Zakrzewska

    • Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk Department of Marine Chemistry and Environmental Protection
  • Photo of  Magdalena Szczerbowska-Boruchowska

    Magdalena Szczerbowska-Boruchowska

    • Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH no. 24, edition 8, pages 7650 - 7661,
ISSN: 0944-1344
Language:
English
Publication year:
2017
Bibliographic description:
Graca B., Szewc K., Zakrzewska D., Dołęga A., Szczerbowska-Boruchowska M.: Sources and fate of microplastics in marine and beach sediments of the Southern Baltic Sea—a preliminary study// ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH. -Vol. 24, iss. 8 (2017), s.7650-7661
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s11356-017-8419-5
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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