FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Occurrence of microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea)
BT 
AF SCHMIDT, Natascha
   THIBAULT, Delphine
   GALGANI, Francois
   PALUSELLI, Andrea
   SEMPERE, Richard
AS 1:1;2:1,2;3:3;4:1;5:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC;4:;5:;
C1 Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Toulon, CNRS, IRD,MIO, Marseille, France.
   MARBEC, IRD, LMI ICEMASA, Cape Town, South Africa.
   IFREMER, LER PAC, F-20600 Bastin, France.
C2 UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE
   IRD, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI CORSE
SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC
UM MARBEC
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-p187
   copubli-univ-france
IF 3.245
TC 119
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00411/52202/52924.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00411/52202/52925.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00411/52202/53357.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR PARTICULE LEG1
   PARTICULE LEG2
BO Téthys II
   Antedon II
DE ;Marine litter;Microplastic;Mediterranean Sea;Gulf of Lion;Marseille Bay
AB Between 2014 and 2016 a total of 43 microplastic samples were collected at six sampling stations in the eastern section of the Gulf of Lion (located in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea), as well as upstream of the Rhône River. Microplastics were found in every sample with highly variable concentrations and masses. Concentrations ranged from 6 · 103 items km−2 to 1 · 106 items km−2 (with an average of 112 · 103 items km−2), and mass ranged from 0.30 g km−2 to 1018 g km−2 DW (mean 61.92 ± 178.03 g km−2). The samples with the highest and lowest microplastic count originate both from the Bay of Marseille. For the Bay of Marseille, it is estimated that the total microplastic load consist of 519 · 103 –101 · 106 items weighing 0.07–118 kg. Estimations for daily microplastic transport by the Northern Current and the Rhône River, two important hydrologic features of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea, range from 0.18 to 86.46 t and from 0.20 to 21.32 kg, respectively. Particles < 1 mm2 clearly dominated sampling stations in the Northern Current, the Rhône River and its plume (52, 53 and 61%, respectively), suggesting a long exposure time in the environment. Items between 1 mm2 and 5 mm2 in size were the most abundant microplastics in Marseille Bay (55%), which suggests coastal pollution sources or the removal of smaller particles from surface waters e.g. by ballasting owing to the presence of epibionts. 
PY 2018
PD APR
SO Progress In Oceanography
SN 0079-6611
PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd
VL 163
UT 000434004400018
BP 214
EP 220
DI 10.1016/j.pocean.2017.11.010
ID 52202
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