دورية أكاديمية
An integrative assessment of the plastic debris load in the Mediterranean Sea.
| العنوان: | An integrative assessment of the plastic debris load in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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| المؤلفون: | Pedrotti ML; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche sur Mer, France. Electronic address: maria-luiza.pedrotti@imev-mer.fr., Lombard F; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche sur Mer, France., Baudena A; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche sur Mer, France., Galgani F; IFREMER, Laboratoire LER/PAC, ZI Furiani, 20600 Bastia, France., Elineau A; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche sur Mer, France., Petit S; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche sur Mer, France., Henry M; IFREMER, Laboratoire LER/PAC, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France., Troublé R; The Tara Ocean Foundation, Paris, France., Reverdin G; Sorbonne Université CNRS/IRD/MNHN (LOCEAN/IPSL UMR 7159), Paris, France., Ser-Giacomi E; Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, United States., Kedzierski M; Université Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, F-56100 Lorient, France., Boss E; School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States., Gorsky G; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche sur Mer, France. |
| المصدر: | The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2022 Sep 10; Vol. 838 (Pt 1), pp. 155958. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 14. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0330500 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1026 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00489697 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Total Environ Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Plastics* , Waste Products*/analysis, Environmental Monitoring ; Environmental Pollution/analysis ; Mediterranean Sea |
| مستخلص: | The Mediterranean Sea is recognized as one of the most polluted areas by floating plastics. During the Tara Mediterranean expedition, an extensive sampling of plastic debris was conducted in seven ecoregions, from Gibraltar to Lebanon with the aim of providing reliable estimates of regional differences in floating plastic loads and plastic characteristics. The abundance, size, surface, circularity and mass of 75,030 pieces were analyzed and classified in a standardized multi-parameter database. Their average abundance was 2.60 × 10 5 items km -2 (2.25 × 10 3 to 8.50 × 10 6 km -2 ) resulting in an estimate of about 650 billion plastic particles floating on the surface of the Mediterranean. This corresponds to an average of 660 metric tons of plastic, at the lower end of literature estimates. High concentrations of plastic were observed in the northwestern coastal regions, north of the Tyrrhenian Sea, but also off the western and central Mediterranean basins. The Levantine basin south of Cyprus had the lowest concentrations. A Lagrangian Plastic Pollution Index (LPPI) predicting the concentration of plastic debris was validated using the spatial resolution of the data. The advanced state of plastic degradation detected in the analyses led to the conclusion that stranding/fragmentation/resuspension is the key process in the dynamics of floating plastic in Mediterranean surface waters. This is supported by the significant correlation between pollution sources and areas of high plastic concentration obtained by the LPPI. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Mediterranean Sea; Microplastic; Plastic debris; Sea surface; TARA Mediterranean expedition; ZooScan |
| المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Plastics) 0 (Waste Products) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220517 Date Completed: 20220615 Latest Revision: 20220615 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155958 |
| PMID: | 35580673 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1879-1026 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155958 |