FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: Recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control (QA/QC), and data reporting BT AF Primpke, Sebastian Booth, Andy M. Gerdts, Gunnar Gomiero, Alessio Kögel, Tanja Lusher, Amy L. Strand, Jakob Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara M. Galgani, Francois Provencher, Jennifer F. Aliani, Stefano Patankar, Shreyas Vorkamp, Katrin AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:4,5;6:6,7;7:8;8:9;9:10;10:11;11:12;12:13;13:14; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-RBE;10:;11:;12:;13:; C1 Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 84597, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany SINTEF Ocean, 555971, SINTEF Sealab, Brattørkaia 17 C, Trondheim, Norway NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS Stavanger, 87426, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway University of Bergen, 1658, Department of Biological Science, Bergen, Norway Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway Norwegian Institute for Water Research, 6273, Oslo, Norway University of Bergen, 1658, Bergen, Norway Aarhus University, 1006, Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus, Denmark University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), , Oldenburg, Germany Ifremer, 52842, Chair of the EU Technical Group Marine Litter, Plouzane, Bretagne, France Environment and Climate Change Canada, 6347, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Institute Marine Science National - Research Council of Italy, Pozzuolo di Lerici 19036, Italy Ocean Wise Conservation Association, Vancouver, Canada Aarhus University, 1006, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus, Denmark C2 INST A WEGENER, GERMANY SINTEF OCEAN, NORWAY NORCE, NORWAY UNIV BERGEN, NORWAY IMR (BERGEN), NORWAY NIWA, NORWAY UNIV BERGEN, NORWAY UNIV AARHUS, DENMARK UNIV OLDENBURG, GERMANY IFREMER, FRANCE ENVIRONM & CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA, CANADA CNR ISMAR, ITALY OCEAN WISE CONSERVATION ASSO, CANADA UNIV AARHUS, DENMARK SE PDG-RBE IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 3.3 TC 18 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00782/89438/94905.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;monitoring;microplastic;Arctic;QA;QC;reporting;FTIR;Raman;microscopy;py-GC;MS;TED-GC AB 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. PY 2023 PD MAR SO Arctic Science SN 2368-7460 PU Canadian Science Publishing VL 9 IS 1 UT 000885361500001 BP 176 EP 197 DI 10.1139/AS-2022-0006 ID 89438 ER EF