- Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
- Edited by Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Extraction and characterization methods for microplastics from estuarine and coastal samplings – Example of the 2019 TARA expedition
- Lata Soccalingame
- Marie Notheaux
- Maialen Palazot
- Mikaël Kedzierski
- Stéphane Bruzaud
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.52
To investigate plastic pollution in rivers, the Tara schooner collected samples from 9 of the main European rivers from May to November 2019. The objectives of the present study are the quantification of the microplastic (MP) contamination and the identification of the chemical nature of microplastics. Thus, extraction methods and automated computer processing for polymer characterization were developed. The three main polymers found were polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS). These results must be compared to the results from other rivers to draw a consistent pattern.
- Keywords:
- Plastic pollution,
- Microplastics,
- Microplastic extraction,
- Infrared spectroscopy,
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Bretagne Sud University, France
Bretagne Sud University, France
Bretagne Sud University, France
Bretagne Sud University, France
Bretagne Sud University, France
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Extraction and characterization methods for microplastics from estuarine and coastal samplings – Example of the 2019 TARA expedition
Authors
Lata Soccalingame, Marie Notheaux, Maialen Palazot, Mikaël Kedzierski, Stéphane Bruzaud
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.52
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Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Book Title
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0031-8
Series Title
Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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2975-0288