Microplastics in a Stormwater Pond
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Method
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sampling
2.3. Analysis
2.4. Sediment Extraction Protocol
2.5. Common Extraction Protocol
2.6. Pond Water Extraction Protocol
2.7. Fauna Protocol
2.8. Data Analysis
2.9. Method Validation
2.10. Other Parameters
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Contamination and Recovery
3.2. MPs in the Water Phase
3.3. Sediments
3.4. Fauna
3.5. Polymeric Composition
3.6. MPs Size Distribution
3.7. Storm Water Ponds as Sinks for MPs
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Particle Concentration | Blank | Unit * | Mass Concentration | Blank | Unit * | |
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Sediments | 9.5 × 105 | 5 × 103 | item (kg DW)−1 | 401.5 | 0.4 | mg (kg DW)−1 |
Water | 2.7 × 105 | 1 × 104 | item m−3 | 4.2 | 0.8 | mg m−3 |
Fauna | 3.4 × 105 | 5 × 104 | item (kg DW)−1 | 12.9 | 3.9 | mg (kg DW)−1 |
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Olesen, K.B.; Stephansen, D.A.; van Alst, N.; Vollertsen, J. Microplastics in a Stormwater Pond. Water 2019, 11, 1466. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071466
Olesen KB, Stephansen DA, van Alst N, Vollertsen J. Microplastics in a Stormwater Pond. Water. 2019; 11(7):1466. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071466
Chicago/Turabian StyleOlesen, Kristina Borg, Diana A. Stephansen, Nikki van Alst, and Jes Vollertsen. 2019. "Microplastics in a Stormwater Pond" Water 11, no. 7: 1466. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071466