2024
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-13156-2
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Microplastic contamination in three environmental compartments of a coastal lagoon in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Mitzi Sánchez-Campos,
Guadalupe Ponce-Vélez,
Laura Sanvicente-Añorve
et al.

Abstract: The Sontecomapan lagoon (Mexico) is a Ramsar site within the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, facing the Gulf of Mexico. Although the site has a protected area status, it is vulnerable to microplastic contamination, whose long-term effects are uncertain. This study gives the first approach to the degree of contamination by microplastics in surface waters, zooplankton, and sediments in the lagoon. The samples in these three environmental compartments were collected in June 2018 and analyzed in the laboratory to e… Show more

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