Rivers and Wastewater-Treatment Plants as Microplastic Pathways to Eastern Mediterranean Waters: First Records for the Aegean Sea, Greece

Rivers and Wastewater-Treatment Plants as Microplastic Pathways to Eastern Mediterranean Waters: First Records for the Aegean Sea, Greece

The present work provides the first records on microplastic (MP) amounts and types in rivers and wastewater effluents entering the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean. Two rivers were sampled using a manta net (mesh size, 0.33 mm): a small urban and a medium-sized river with a rural, semiurban catchme...

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Main Authors: Christina Zeri, Argyro Adamopoulou, Angeliki Koi, Nicholas Koutsikos, Efthymios Lytras, Elias Dimitriou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
freshwater
pollution
sewage
FT–IR
WWTP
pilot MBR
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/10/5328

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