Microplastic contamination in east Antarctic sea ice

被引：208

作者：

Kelly, A. ^{[1
]}

Lannuzel, D. ^{[1
]}

Rodemann, T. ^{[3
]}

Meiners, K. M. ^{[2
,4
]}

Auman, H. J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tasmania, Inst Marine & Antarctic Studies, Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia

[2] Univ Tasmania, Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Private Bag 80, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia

[3] Univ Tasmania, Cent Sci Lab, Private Bag 74, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia

[4] Australian Antarctic Div, Dept Agr Water & Environm, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tas 7050, Australia

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 2020年 / 154卷

关键词：

Microplastics; Marine debris; Land-fast sea ice; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Plastic pollution; MARINE-ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTS; IMAGE; FTIR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111130

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The durability of plastics in the marine environment has led to concerns regarding the pervasiveness of this debris in remote polar habitats. Microplastic (MP) enrichment in East Antarctic sea ice was measured in one ice core sampled from coastal land-fast sea ice. The core was processed and filtered material was analyzed using micro Fourier-Transform Infrared (mu FTIR) spectroscopy. 96 MP particles were identified, averaging 11.71 particles L-1. The most common MP polymers (polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyamide) were consistent with those most frequently represented in the majority of marine MP studies. Sea-ice MP concentrations were positively related with chlorophyll a, suggesting living biomass could assist in incorporating MPs in sea ice. Our preliminary results indicate that sea ice has the potential to serve as a reservoir for MP debris in the Southern Ocean, which may have consequences for Southern Ocean food webs and biogeochemistry.

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