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Title: | A critical overview of the analytical approaches to the occurrence, the fate and the behavior of microplastics in the environment |
Author: | Rocha-Santos, Teresa Duarte, Armando C. |
Keywords: | Debris Detection Environment Marine environment Microplastic Plastic Sampling Seawater Sediment Water |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | Plastics can be found in food packaging, shopping bags, and household items, such as toothbrushes and pens, and facial cleansers. Due to the high disposability and low recovery of discharged materials, plastics materials have become debris accumulating in the environment. Microplastics have a dimension <5mm and possess physico-chemical properties (e.g., size, density, color and chemical composition) that are key contributors to their bioavailability to organisms. This review addresses the analytical approaches to characterization and quantification of microplastics in the environment and discusses recent studies on their occurrence, fate, and behavior. This critical overview includes a general assessment of sampling and sample handling, and compares methods for morphological and physical classification, and methodologies for chemical characterization and quantification of the microplastics. Finally, this review addresses the advantages and the disadvantages of these techniques, and comments on future applications and potential research interest within this field. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/18048 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.trac.2014.10.011 |
ISSN: | 0165-9936 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DQ - Artigos |
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