Coastal accumulation of microplastic particles emitted from the Po River, Northern Italy: Comparing remote sensing and hydrodynamic modelling with in situ sample collections

Atwood, Elizabeth C.; Falcieri, Francesco Marcello; Piehl, Sarah; Bochow, Mathias; Matthies, Michael; Franke, Jonas; Carniel, Sandro; Sclavo, Mauro; Laforsch, Christian; Siegert, Florian

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.045

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“…The monitoring data available (Table 1) are limited to the following Mediterranean tributary rivers: Osa, Ombrone, Albegna, Cecina, Po, Tet, Ebro, Ofanto, and Rhone. The levels reported are extremely variable: among the lowest values in beach and sediment samples, there are those measured in the Po [33,34], the highest ones refer to the Tet and Ebro [37,40], both flowing in the north-western Mediterranean. The available data regarding the values of MPs in water are scarce and, in general, poorly comparable.…”

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Knowledge about Microplastic in Mediterranean Tributary River Ecosystems: Lack of Data and Research Needs on Such a Crucial Marine Pollution Source

Guerranti

Perra

Martellini

et al. 2020

JMSE

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Plastic debris occurring in freshwater environments, which can either come from the surrounding terrestrial areas or transported from upstream, has been identified as one of the main sources and routes of plastic pollution in marine systems. The ocean is the final destination of land- based microplastic sources, but compared to marine environments, the occurrence and effects of microplastics in freshwater ecosystems remain largely unknown. A thorough examination of scientific literature on abundance, distribution patterns, and characteristics of microplastics in freshwater environments in Mediterranean tributary rivers has shown a substantial lack of information and the need to apply adequate and uniform measurement methods.

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“…Concerning the studies of floating MPs reported in Table 1, several authors given the large variability in results from one sampling time to the other, emphasize the need of performing replicate sampling to gain a better understanding of spatial and temporal distribution patterns [33,36,37].…”

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Knowledge about Microplastic in Mediterranean Tributary River Ecosystems: Lack of Data and Research Needs on Such a Crucial Marine Pollution Source

Guerranti

Perra

Martellini

et al. 2020

JMSE

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“…Reference guide for works on FTIR identification of microplastics Sediment Abidli et al, 2018;Acosta-Coley, Cuadro, et al, 2019;Acosta-Coley, Duran-Izquierdo, et al, 2019;Acosta-Coley and Olivero-Verbel, 2015;Alvarez-Hernandez et al, 2019;Alves and Figueiredo, 2019;Antunes et al, 2013;Ashwini and Varghese, 2019;Atwood et al, 2019;Bancin et al, 2019;Battulga et al, 2019;Bayo et al, 2019;Blaskovic et al, 2018;Blettler and Ulla, 2019;Blumenroder et al, 2017;Brandon et al, 2019;Camacho et al, 2019;Carson et al, 2011;Ceccarini et al, 2018;Chen et al, 2018;Chen et al, 2019;Chouchene et al, 2019;Claessens et al, 2011;…”

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Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review

Veerasingam

Ranjani

Venkatachalapathy

et al. 2020

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic (MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the recent advances in FTIR (spectroscopy and chemical imaging) techniques that are used to characterize various polymer types of MPs and to trace their fate and transport in different environmental matrices. More than 400 research papers dealing with FTIR techniques in MP pollution research, which are published between January 2010 and December 2019, have been identified from the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The MPs present in sediment, water (marine and freshwater), biota, air/dust, waste water treatment plants and salt are further classified according to (1) characterization and identification, (2) weathering and aging, (3) ecotoxicology, and (4) analytical methods. The results revealed that the ATR-FTIR technique is mostly used to identify and characterize the MPs found in water and sediment. The mFTIR (FTIR imaging) is extensively used to study the ingestion of MPs in biota (both marine and freshwater). In this article, we have summarized the current knowledge of application of FTIR spectroscopy to MP research and provided insights to future challenges for understanding the risk of MPs.

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“…Previously, many researches were conducted on behavior and factors influencing MPs abundance and distribution in rivers such as population density, urban activities, industrial activities releasing sewage/wastewater, and dam [9,[23][24][25][26]. Of these, river system is complex and also being recognized as important pathway to distribute MP from terrestrial to oceans [6,18,27]. Moreover, there are also many factors (hydrodynamic flow and material characteristics such as buoyancy behavior and degradation) which control the distribution of microplastics in river [28].…”

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“…To understand the fate of plastic debris in marine ecosystems, effects of transportation are needed either via rivers or ocean currents and/or waves. Thus far, numeral studies investigated the drifting behavior of macroplastics and microplastics in the ocean circulation [15][16][17][18], nevertheless, the studies on alluvial transportation processes of plas-tic fragments smaller than mesoplastics are lacking far behind. Therefore, quantitative information about terrestrial derived marine microplastics is scarce, and the relative contributions of the different sources and pathways of plastics are not well published.…”

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Suspended microplastics during a tidal cycle in sea-surface waters around Chao Phraya River mouth, Thailand

Sukhsangchan¹,

Keawsang²,

Worachananant³

et al. 2020

ScienceAsia

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The study investigated the influence of tides (low and high) on composition and abundance of microplastic. Suspended microplastics (MP) were sampled in surface waters around the Chaophraya River mouth in Upper Gulf of Thailand using Neuston trawl (330-µm mesh) during tidal cycle at both tides in rainy season (August) of 2019. The abundance and types of microplastic had been analyzed. Overall, the concentration of MP during spring tide was significantly lower than the concentration during neap tide (p < 0.01). Suspended microplastic particle concentration ranged from 16.74 to 59.06 pieces per 100 m 3 (spring tide) and 43.26 to 126.13 pieces per 100 m 3 (neap tide). Concentration of MP found during flood tide was higher which suggested marine derived MP. Dominant samples identified under stereomicroscope were fibers and film. Using Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry, the majority of the particles was identified as polypropylene. The effect of the tidal amplitude was an important factor determining the extent of the variations in microplastic abundance, which was stronger between the lower low tide and the higher high tide.

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Coastal accumulation of microplastic particles emitted from the Po River, Northern Italy: Comparing remote sensing and hydrodynamic modelling with in situ sample collections

Cited by 124 publications

References 60 publications

Knowledge about Microplastic in Mediterranean Tributary River Ecosystems: Lack of Data and Research Needs on Such a Crucial Marine Pollution Source

Knowledge about Microplastic in Mediterranean Tributary River Ecosystems: Lack of Data and Research Needs on Such a Crucial Marine Pollution Source

Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review

Suspended microplastics during a tidal cycle in sea-surface waters around Chao Phraya River mouth, Thailand

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