Secondary Microplastics Generation in the Sea Swash Zone With Coarse Bottom Sediments: Laboratory Experiments

Secondary Microplastics Generation in the Sea Swash Zone With Coarse Bottom Sediments: Laboratory Experiments

Marine beaches worldwide are nowadays exposed to significant contamination by plastics. On the Baltic beaches, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene are most abundant. We investigate the generation of microplastics particles (MPs, characteristic size from 0.5 to 5 mm) from larger plastic item...

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Main Authors: Irina Efimova, Margarita Bagaeva, Andrei Bagaev, Alexander Kileso, Irina P. Chubarenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
secondary microplastics
mechanical degradation
swash zone
pebble beach
mass of microplastics vs. number of particles
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00313/full

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