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Marine environment microfiber contamination: Global patterns and the diversity of microparticle origins
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Microplastic and microfiber pollution has been documented in all major ocean basins. Microfibers areone of the most common microparticle pollutants along shorelines. Over 9 million tons of fibers areproduced annually; 60% are synthetic and ~25% are non-synthetic. Non-synthetic and semi-syntheticmicrofibers are infrequently documented and not typically included in marine environment impactanalyses, resulting in underestimation of a potentially pervasive and harmful pollutant. We present themost extensive worldwide microparticle distribution dataset using 1-liter grab samples (n ¼ 1393). Ourcitizen scientist driven study shows a global microparticle average of 11.8 ± 24.0 particles L?1(mean ± SD), approximately three orders of magnitude higher than global model predictions. Open oceansamples showed consistently higher densities than coastal samples, with the highest concentrationsfound in the polar oceans (n ¼ 51), confirming previous empirical and theoretical studies. Particles werepredominantly microfibers (91%) and 0.1e1.5mm in length (77%), a smaller size than those captured inthe majority of surface studies. Using mFT-IR we determined the material types of 113 pieces; 57% wereclassified as synthetic, 12% as semi-synthetic, and 31% as non-synthetic. Samples were taken globally,including from coastal environments and understudied ocean regions. Some of these sites are emergingas areas of concentrated floating plastic and anthropogenic debris, influenced by distant wastemismanagement and/or deposition of airborne particles. Incorporation of smaller-sized microfibers inoceanographic models, which has been lacking, will help us to better understand the movement andtransformation of synthetic, semi-synthetic and non-synthetic microparticles in regional seas and oceanbasins.
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- Authors
- Barrows, A. P. W., Cathey, S. E., & Petersen, C. W.
- Venue
- Environmental Pollution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 237
- Pages
- 275-284
- ISSN
- 0269-7491 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2792864618
- Cited by
- 518
- References
- 75
- FWCI
- 14.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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