Urban Microplastics Emissions: Effectiveness of Retention Measures and Consequences for the Baltic Sea

Urban sewage water pathways seem most important for microplastics emissions to the Baltic Sea. We use microplastics emission data for the entire Baltic Sea region, calculate emissions for three sewage water related urban pathways and develop emission scenarios for the majority of microplastics parti...

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Main Authors: Gerald Schernewski, Hagen Radtke, Rahel Hauk, Christian Baresel, Mikael Olshammar, Sonja Oberbeckmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.594415/full