2015年12月
East Asian seas: A hot spot of pelagic microplastics
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
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- 巻
- 101
- 号
- 2
- 開始ページ
- 618
- 終了ページ
- 623
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.042
- 出版者・発行元
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
To investigate concentrations of pelagic micro- (<5 mm in size) and mesoplastics (>5 mm) in the East Asian seas around Japan, field surveys using two vessels were conducted concurrently in summer 2014. The total particle count (pieces km(-2)) was computed based on observed concentrations (pieces m(-3)) of small plastic fragments (both micro- and mesoplastics) collected using neuston nets. The total particle count of microplastics within the study area was 1,720,000 pieces km(-2), 16 times greater than in the North Pacific and 27 times greater than in the world oceans. The proportion of mesoplastics increased upstream of the northeastward ocean currents, such that the small plastic fragments collected in the present surveys were considered to have originated in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea southwest of the study area. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.042
- ISSN : 0025-326X
- eISSN : 1879-3363
- ORCIDのPut Code : 19982729
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000367107600019