Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in marine sediments along the Belgian coast.

By M. Claessens, Steven De Meester, Lieve Van Landuyt, Karen De Clerck, Colin R. Janssen. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2011

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: a review. (2013, background): “%) of microplastic debris sampled (Claessens et al., 2011), with average concentrations of 81.0 37.2, 65.6 15.3 and 66.3 28.6 fibres kg 1 for beach, harbour and sea sampling stations respectively.”
Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments. (2013, background): “, 2009), while others have set the upper size limit at 1 mm (Claessens et al., 2011).”
Experimental development of a new protocol for extraction and characterization of microplastics in fish tissues: First observations in commercial species from Adriatic Sea. (2015, background): “164 Protocol 3, already proposed by Claessens et al. (2011) for sediments is based on a density 165 gradient separation.”
Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection. (2017, background): “2 kg/L is the most commonly used to achieve this separating process due to its low cost and no toxicity to humans (Browne et al., 2011; Claessens et al., 2011).”
Microplastics are taken up by mussels (Mytilus edulis) and lugworms (Arenicola marina) living in natural habitats. (2015, background): “Assuming an averageweight for microplastics of 5 mg (Claessens et al., 2011), and an average plastic body burden for mussels as reported in this study (i.”
The presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of commercial fishes off Pantai Indah Kapuk coast, Jakarta, Indonesia (2019, background): “2004), marine sediment (Claessens et al. 2011), mangrove sediment (Nor and Obbard 2014; Hastuti 2014), and along shoreline (Van Cauwenberghe et al.”
(Nano)plastics in the environment - Sources, fates and effects. (2016, background): “After the concern raised by many authors regarding the dangers posed by microplastics in aquatic environments (Bergmann et al., 2015; Browne et al., 2011; Browne et al., 2007; Claessens et al., 2011; Fendall and Sewell, 2009; Katsnelson, 2015; Rocha-Santos and Duarte, 2015), recent studies have show”
Plastics and microplastics in the oceans: From emerging pollutants to emerged threat. (2017, background): “…benthic microplastics are progressively being revealed to be more widespread than previously assumed with temporal accumulation trends matching the increasing plastic productionworldwide (Claessens et al., 2011; Mordecai et al., 2011; Anastasopoulou et al., 2013; Ramirez-Llodra et al., 2013).”