Contribution of Stormwater Outfalls to Microplastic Pollution in a Subtropical Estuary Using Data Collected with the Assistance of Citizen Scientists
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Location and Sampling Methods
2.2. Sample Collection and Processing
2.3. Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
2.4. Statistical Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Busch, S.J.; Craig, C.A.; Wayles, J.; Sailor-Tynes, T.; Dark, E.; Sweat, L.H.; Fox, D.W.; Zhai, L.; Walters, L.J. Contribution of Stormwater Outfalls to Microplastic Pollution in a Subtropical Estuary Using Data Collected with the Assistance of Citizen Scientists. Environments 2023, 10, 181. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10100181
Busch SJ, Craig CA, Wayles J, Sailor-Tynes T, Dark E, Sweat LH, Fox DW, Zhai L, Walters LJ. Contribution of Stormwater Outfalls to Microplastic Pollution in a Subtropical Estuary Using Data Collected with the Assistance of Citizen Scientists. Environments. 2023; 10(10):181. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10100181
Chicago/Turabian StyleBusch, Sidney J., Casey A. Craig, Jessy Wayles, Tess Sailor-Tynes, Emily Dark, L. Holly Sweat, David W. Fox, Lei Zhai, and Linda J. Walters. 2023. "Contribution of Stormwater Outfalls to Microplastic Pollution in a Subtropical Estuary Using Data Collected with the Assistance of Citizen Scientists" Environments 10, no. 10: 181. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10100181