Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2017 Nov 15;124(1):435-440. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.063. Epub 2017 Aug 2.
This is the first survey to investigate the occurrence and extent of microplastic contamination in sediments collected along a coast-open sea 140km-long transect in the Central Adriatic Sea. Plastic debris extracted from 64 samples of sediments were counted, weighted and identified by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Several types of plastic particles were observed in 100% of the stations. Plastic particles ranged from 1 to 30mm in length. The primary shape types by number were filaments (69.3%), followed by fragments (16.4%), and film (14.3%). Microplastics (1-5mm) accounted for 65.1% of debris, mesoplastics (5-20mm) made up 30.3% of total amount, while macro debris (>20mm) accounted for 4.6% of total plastics collected. Identification through FT-IR spectroscopy evidenced the presence of 6 polymer types: the majority of plastic debris were nylon, polyethylene and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer. Our data are a baseline for microplastic research in the Adriatic Sea.
这是首次调查研究在亚得里亚海中部 140 公里长的海岸-外海沿岸沉积物中微塑料污染的发生和程度。从 64 个沉积物样本中提取的塑料碎片通过傅里叶变换红外光谱（FT-IR）进行计数、称重和鉴定。在 100%的站位都观察到了几种类型的塑料颗粒。塑料颗粒的长度范围为 1 至 30 毫米。按数量计，主要形状类型是纤维（69.3%），其次是碎片（16.4%）和薄膜（14.3%）。微塑料（1-5 毫米）占碎片的 65.1%，中塑料（5-20 毫米）占总量的 30.3%，而大碎片（>20 毫米）占收集到的塑料总量的 4.6%。通过 FT-IR 光谱鉴定证明存在 6 种聚合物类型：大多数塑料碎片是尼龙、聚乙烯和乙烯-乙烯醇共聚物。我们的数据为亚得里亚海的微塑料研究提供了基线。
