Correlation of metals and degraded marine (micro)plastic litter in geologically similar coastal areas with different anthropogenic characteristics

Fajković, Hana; Cukrov, Neven; Frančišković-Bilinski, Stanislav; Huljek, Laura; Kostanjšek, Iva; Kwokal, Željko; Matekalo, Renata; Pikelj, Kristina; Cuculić, Vlado (2022) Correlation of metals and degraded marine (micro)plastic litter in geologically similar coastal areas with different anthropogenic characteristics. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 183 . ISSN 0025326X

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Abstract

The association and statistical correlation of anthropogenically important trace metals (TM) Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and degraded marine microplastic (MP) extracted from the bulk debris samples at two locations from two marine systems, estuarine and coastal, in the Croatian Adriatic coastal area were assessed. The abundance of MP particles at both sites were primarily defined by local wave climate, with the open coastal site containing 9-fold more microplastic particles (>4 mm) as compared to the semi-closed estuarine, or twice as much considering bulk plastics. Generally, the higher abundance of adsorbed metal on MP were observed in the more anthropogenically influenced estuary than in the open coastal site and followed the order: polystyrene > polypropylene > low density polyethylene. The amounts of adsorbed zinc were the highest on all types of plastics at both sites, while the affinity of polystyrene for metals followed: Zn > Pb ≈ Cu > Cd.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	degraded marine microplastic ; adsorbed metals ; Adriatic Sea ; marine sediment
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences > Marine Science NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences > Environmental Science
Divisions:	Division for Marine and Enviromental Research
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Međudjelovanje morskog (mikro)plastičnog otpada i metala zagađivala: mogući put od morskog okoliša do čovjeka-METALPATH Vlado Cuculić IP-2019-04-5832 HRZZ
Depositing User:	Vlado Cuculić
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2022 09:48
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7647
DOI:	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114041

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