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dc.contributor.authorHiggins, C
dc.contributor.authorTurner, A
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-28T13:10:56Z
dc.date.available2023-11-28T13:10:56Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-01
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.issn1879-1026
dc.identifier.other164695
dc.identifier.urihttps://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21735
dc.description.abstract

Microplastics determined in surface water trawls from coastal waters around Plymouth, southwest England, ranged from 0.26 to 0.68 n m−3, with a decrease evident from the lower estuaries of the Tamar and Plym to areas in Plymouth Sound more remote from urbanisation. Microplastics were dominated by fibres of rayon and polypropylene and fragments of polyester and epoxy resins, with fragment concentration demonstrating a significant and positive linear relationship with concentration of floating and suspended matter retrieved by the trawls. Observations are attributed to the suspension of land-based (e.g., treated municipal waste) sources of textile fibres, and the flotation of land-based and in situ emissions of paints and resins from boating and shipping activities. The implied decoupling of microplastic transport based on shape and origin merits further investigation while the more general determination of floating and suspended matter concentration in microplastic studies is recommended.

dc.format.extent164695-164695
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectCoastal
dc.subjectEstuaries
dc.subjectTrawls
dc.subjectSuspended
dc.subjectResins
dc.subjectBoating and shipping
dc.titleMicroplastics in surface coastal waters around Plymouth, UK, and the contribution of boating and shipping activities
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
plymouth.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37290648
plymouth.volume893
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164695
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalScience of The Total Environment
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164695
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering|School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Research Groups|Marine Institute
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dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-06-04
dc.date.updated2023-11-28T13:10:55Z
dc.rights.embargodate2023-12-9
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1026
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