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TI Annual variation in neustonic micro- and meso-plastic particles and zooplankton in the Bay of Calvi (Mediterranean–Corsica)
BT 
AF COLLIGNON, Amandine
   HECQ, Jean-Henri
   GALGANI, Francois
   COLLARD, France
   GOFFART, Anne
AS 1:1,2;2:1,2;3:3;4:1;5:1,2;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC;4:;5:;
C1 Univ Liege, MARE Ctr, Lab Oceanol, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.
   STARESO, F-20260 Calvi, France.
   IFREMER, ZI FURIANI, F-20600 Bastia, France.
C2 UNIV LIEGE, BELGIUM
   STARESO, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI CORSE
SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
IF 2.991
TC 124
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00169/28064/27275.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Microplastic particles;Mesoplastic particles;Neuston;Mediterranean Sea
AB The annual variation in neustonic plastic particles and zooplankton was studied in the Bay of Calvi (Corsica) between 30 August 2011 and 7 August 2012. Plastic particles were classified into three size classes, small microplastics (0.2–2 mm), large microplastics (2–5 mm) and mesoplastics (5–10 mm).  74% of the 38 samples contained plastic particles of varying composition: e.g. filaments, polystyrene, thin plastic films. An average concentration of 6.2 particles/100 m2 was observed. The highest abundance values (69 particles/100 m2) observed occurred during periods of low offshore wind conditions. These values rose in the same order of magnitude as in previous studies in the North Western Mediterranean.  The relationships between the abundance values of the size classes between zooplankton and plastic particles were then examined. The ratio for the intermediate size class (2–5 mm) reached 2.73. This would suggest a potential confusion for predators regarding planktonic prey of this size class.
PY 2014
PD FEB
SO Marine Pollution Bulletin
SN 0025-326X
PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd
VL 79
IS 1-2
UT 000332436300048
BP 293
EP 298
DI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.11.023
ID 28064
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