Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

Microplastic (MP) pollution in polar regions is a growing environmental concern, yet little is known regarding the role of sea-ice as a sink and transport vector of MPs. Here, the authors show that MPs in sea-ice have no uniform polymer composition and observe unique MP patterns in different sea-ice...

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Main Authors: Ilka Peeken, Sebastian Primpke, Birte Beyer, Julia Gütermann, Christian Katlein, Thomas Krumpen, Melanie Bergmann, Laura Hehemann, Gunnar Gerdts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03825-5
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spelling doaj-cd14e2b5db5841fb831a68c93d34e3132021-05-11T09:57:40ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-04-019111210.1038/s41467-018-03825-5Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplasticIlka Peeken0Sebastian Primpke1Birte Beyer2Julia Gütermann3Christian Katlein4Thomas Krumpen5Melanie Bergmann6Laura Hehemann7Gunnar Gerdts8Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungMicroplastic (MP) pollution in polar regions is a growing environmental concern, yet little is known regarding the role of sea-ice as a sink and transport vector of MPs. Here, the authors show that MPs in sea-ice have no uniform polymer composition and observe unique MP patterns in different sea-ice horizons.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03825-5
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Birte Beyer
Julia Gütermann
Christian Katlein
Thomas Krumpen
Melanie Bergmann
Laura Hehemann
Gunnar Gerdts
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Birte Beyer
Julia Gütermann
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Thomas Krumpen
Melanie Bergmann
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Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
Nature Communications
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title Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
title_short Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
title_full Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
title_fullStr Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
title_full_unstemmed Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
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description Microplastic (MP) pollution in polar regions is a growing environmental concern, yet little is known regarding the role of sea-ice as a sink and transport vector of MPs. Here, the authors show that MPs in sea-ice have no uniform polymer composition and observe unique MP patterns in different sea-ice horizons.
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