Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea

Abstract A multitude of recent studies have detailed microplastic concentrations in aquatic and terrestrial environments, although questions remain over their ultimate fate. At present, few studies have detailed microplastic characteristics and abundance along a freshwater–marine interface, and cons...

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Autores principales:	Iulian Pojar, Adrian Stănică, Friederike Stock, Christian Kochleus, Michael Schultz, Chris Bradley
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:25110fc4ea904cfb9549c669de7456312021-12-02T13:51:16ZSedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea10.1038/s41598-021-81724-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/25110fc4ea904cfb9549c669de7456312021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81724-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract A multitude of recent studies have detailed microplastic concentrations in aquatic and terrestrial environments, although questions remain over their ultimate fate. At present, few studies have detailed microplastic characteristics and abundance along a freshwater–marine interface, and considerable uncertainties remain over the modelled contribution of terrestrial and riverine microplastic to the world’s oceans. In this article, for the first time, we detail sedimentary microplastic concentrations along a River–Sea transect from the lower reaches of a major continental river, the River Danube, through the Danube Delta, the Black Sea coast to the Romanian and Bulgarian inner shelf of the Black Sea. Our results indicate that isolated areas of the Danube Delta are still relatively pristine, with few microplastic particles in some of the sediments sampled.Iulian PojarAdrian StănicăFriederike StockChristian KochleusMichael SchultzChris BradleyNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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description	Abstract A multitude of recent studies have detailed microplastic concentrations in aquatic and terrestrial environments, although questions remain over their ultimate fate. At present, few studies have detailed microplastic characteristics and abundance along a freshwater–marine interface, and considerable uncertainties remain over the modelled contribution of terrestrial and riverine microplastic to the world’s oceans. In this article, for the first time, we detail sedimentary microplastic concentrations along a River–Sea transect from the lower reaches of a major continental river, the River Danube, through the Danube Delta, the Black Sea coast to the Romanian and Bulgarian inner shelf of the Black Sea. Our results indicate that isolated areas of the Danube Delta are still relatively pristine, with few microplastic particles in some of the sediments sampled.
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title	Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea
title_short	Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea
title_full	Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea
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title_full_unstemmed	Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea
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Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea

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