TY - JOUR T1 - Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: Recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control (QA/QC), and data reporting A1 - Primpke,Sebastian A1 - Booth,Andy M. A1 - Gerdts,Gunnar A1 - Gomiero,Alessio A1 - Kögel,Tanja A1 - Lusher,Amy L. A1 - Strand,Jakob A1 - Scholz-Böttcher,Barbara M. A1 - Galgani,Francois A1 - Provencher,Jennifer F. A1 - Aliani,Stefano A1 - Patankar,Shreyas A1 - Vorkamp,Katrin AD - Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 84597, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany AD - SINTEF Ocean, 555971, SINTEF Sealab, Brattørkaia 17 C, Trondheim, Norway AD - NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS Stavanger, 87426, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway AD - University of Bergen, 1658, Department of Biological Science, Bergen, Norway AD - Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway AD - Norwegian Institute for Water Research, 6273, Oslo, Norway AD - University of Bergen, 1658, Bergen, Norway AD - Aarhus University, 1006, Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus, Denmark AD - University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), , Oldenburg, Germany AD - Ifremer, 52842, Chair of the EU Technical Group Marine Litter, Plouzane, Bretagne, France AD - Environment and Climate Change Canada, 6347, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada AD - Institute Marine Science National - Research Council of Italy, Pozzuolo di Lerici 19036, Italy AD - Ocean Wise Conservation Association, Vancouver, Canada AD - Aarhus University, 1006, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus, Denmark UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00782/89438/ DO - 10.1139/AS-2022-0006 KW - monitoring KW - microplastic KW - Arctic KW - QA KW - QC KW - reporting KW - FTIR KW - Raman KW - microscopy KW - py-GC KW - MS KW - TED-GC N2 - The pollution of the environment with plastics is of growing concern worldwide, including the Arctic region. While larger plastic pieces are a visible pollution issue, smaller microplastics are not visible with the naked eye. These particles are available for interaction by Arctic biota and have become a concern for animal and human health. The determination of microplastic properties includes several methodological steps, i.e. sampling, extraction, quantification and chemical identification. This review discusses suitable analytical tools for the identification, quantification and characterization of microplastics in the context of monitoring in the Arctic. It further addresses quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) which is particularly important for the determination of microplastic in the Arctic, as both contamination and analyte losses can occur. It presents specific QA/QC measures for sampling procedures and for the handling of samples in the laboratory, either on land or on ship, and considering the small size of microplastics as well as the high risk of contamination. The review depicts which data should be mandatory to report, thereby supporting a framework for harmonized data reporting. Y1 - 2023/03 PB - Canadian Science Publishing JF - Arctic Science SN - 2368-7460 VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 176 EP - 197 ID - 89438 ER -