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Marine plastic debris in Central Chile: Characterization and abundance of macroplastics and burden of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

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GOMEZ Victoria Antoineta POZO Karla Andrea NUNEZ Dariela PŘIBYLOVÁ Petra AUDY Ondřej BAINI Matteo FOSSI Maria Cristina KLÁNOVÁ Jana

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Marine Pollution Bulletin
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Faculty of Science

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Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19310379?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110881
Keywords Plastic debris; POPs; Beach; Macroplastics; Central Chile
Description In this study, we characterized plastic debris (PD) found on beaches from Concepcion Bay in central Chile during spring 2017 and summer 2018. The identification of polymers was carried out using FT-IR. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were extracted with hexane using an ultrasonic bath and further quantified through GC-MS. The highest abundance of PD was obtained during the summer (4.1 +/- 3.7 items/m(2)), with the most common size range between 2.5 and 10 cm (42%) and the most frequent shape were plastic fragments (44%). FT-IR analysis showed that polypropylene was the most recurrent plastic polymer found. The Sigma 10PBDEs ranged from 2.1 to 1300 ng/g in spring 2017 and 392 to 3177 ng/g in summer 2018. Sigma 7PCBs ranged from 0.9 to 93 ng/g during the spring 2017 and 0.3 to 4.5 ng/g for summer 2018. This study is the first with information on POPs occurrence in the plastic debris of central Chile.
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