Bermúdez J R, Swarzenski P W
International Atomic Energy Agency, Principality of Monaco, Monaco.
Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
MethodsX. 2021 Sep 29;8:101516. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2021.101516. eCollection 2021.
Microplastics (MP) are a pollutant that can be found in all marine ecosystems. Currently one of the most used forms to classify them is through their size. However, the current size categories in use cover an extremely wide range of sizes and are not based on a biological or physical basis. Thus, here we propose to harmonize the MP size categories with the ones already in used on plankton research for more than 120 years. This will allow the implementation of more refined MP size classes that are connected to a biological reality and will also enable the comparison of a myriad of literature on plankton research with the new work on MP.
微塑料（MP）是一种在所有海洋生态系统中都能发现的污染物。目前，对它们进行分类最常用的形式之一是根据其大小。然而，目前使用的尺寸类别涵盖了极其广泛的尺寸范围，并且并非基于生物学或物理学基础。因此，在此我们提议将微塑料的尺寸类别与已在浮游生物研究中使用了120多年的类别进行统一。这将允许实施更精细的、与生物学实际相关的微塑料尺寸类别，也将使大量关于浮游生物研究的文献能够与微塑料方面的新研究进行比较。
