Quantification and characterization of plastics in near-shore surface waters of Atlantic Canada

Ariel Smith; Max Liboiron; Louis Charron; Jessie McIntyre; Kaitlyn Hawkins; Katie McLean; Sheldon Peddle; Greg Moore; Mary Jane Walzak; Alexa Goodman; Leah Fulton; Shanna Fredericks; Brooke Nodding

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113869

Quantification and characterization of plastics in near-shore surface waters of Atlantic Canada

Ariel Smith, Max Liboiron, Louis Charron, Jessie McIntyre, Kaitlyn Hawkins, Katie McLean, Sheldon Peddle, Greg Moore, Mary Jane Walzak, Alexa Goodman, Leah Fulton, Shanna Fredericks, Brooke Nodding

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Plastics are a ubiquitous pollutant in the marine environment. Despite growing concerns, quantitative and qualitative data on microplastics in aquatic and marine environments of Atlantic Canada is just emerging. Surface water plastics were measured and categorized by morphology (thread, microfibre, fragment, foam, film, pellet, and microbead) in two locations in Nova Scotia and one in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. All sites within the three locations contained plastic with an average abundance of 9669 items/km². Most plastics (68 %) were sized as microplastics (0.425–5 mm), and plastic fragments were the most common morphological type. Polyethylene accounted for a third (30 %) of all particles found across all three locations, followed by polypropylene (23 %). Results can inform future research for community-based environmental groups, government, and academia.

Idioma original	English
Número de artículo	113869
Publicación	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volumen	181
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113869
Estado	Published - ago. 2022

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This work was supported by the Environment and Climate Change Canada Atlantic Ecosystem Initiative (AEI) [ GCXE18P019 , 2017–2020] and Memorial University's Graduate Student Work Exchange Program . Coastal Action is a charitable organization that addresses environmental concerns throughout Nova Scotia. Various Coastal Action, CARP, and ACAP Humber staff provided field and logistical assistance throughout the project, as well as additional laboratory support from CLEAR members. The study was collaborative and seeks to reflect this collaboration in the paper's author inclusion and order. Therefore, a version of Liboiron et al.'s (2017) Equity in Author Order method was used to determine authorship in scientific research with a subset of the leading authors.

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Smith, A., Liboiron, M., Charron, L., McIntyre, J., Hawkins, K., McLean, K., Peddle, S., Moore, G., Walzak, M. J., Goodman, A., Fulton, L., Fredericks, S., & Nodding, B. (2022). Quantification and characterization of plastics in near-shore surface waters of Atlantic Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 181, Artículo 113869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113869

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