@techreport{74419, type = "Report (Dissertation)", year = "2019", title = "Distribution des microplastiques dans les eaux de sub-surfaces, en Méditerranéenne nord-occidentale", journal = "", editor = "", volume = "", number = "", pages = "", author = "Martinot Pauline", url = "https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00632/74419/", organization = "", address = "FRANCE", abstract = "
Between April and November 2018, 20 microplastic (MPs) samples were collected at 8 sampling stations in French Mediterranean coast from Port-Cros to Banyuls as well as upstream the Rhône River. MPs were found in every sample with variable concentrations, size range and colors. Concentrations ranged from 11 items (Port-Cros) to 15 178 items (Port-Saint-Louis low salinity, PS). The samples with the highest MPs count originate from PS and the Bay of Marseille. MPs count in Spring and Autumn results in 217 (± 12,3) and 351 (± 4,3) respectively for the Bay and particles >1 000 μm dominated sampling stations during both seasons, while PS samples showed greater variability in size distribution. The site PS, near the Rhône River, has the most fiber and the highest number of MPs in the smallest size class during Automn. White and transparent MPs represent the color most widely distributed in all sites and season.
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