Extraction of microplastic from marine sediments : A comparison between pressurized solvent extraction and density separation

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Due to the ecotoxicological effects, microplastics are considered a threat for the marine environment. Recent reports indicate their presence not only in subsurface water and in coastal beach sediments, but also in the deep-sea. Notwithstanding, there is still not a scientific consensus about the analytical procedure to be applied for their determination. In this work we compared the performance of two extraction methods: pressurized solvent extraction (PSE) and density separation. Sea sand and seafloor sediments were spiked with known amounts of polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) microplastics and submitted to both the extraction procedures. Results showed that the PSE ensured higher recoveries for the smaller size particle fractions (89,2 ± 1.1% in the 50-150 μm range) whereas the density separation enabled precise recoveries for the larger size particles (SD = 1,5%). No significant differences in terms of blanks control were highlighted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:168

Enthalten in:

Marine pollution bulletin - 168(2021) vom: 15. Juli, Seite 112436

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stile, Nicolo' [VerfasserIn]
Raguso, Clarissa [VerfasserIn]
Pedruzzi, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Cetojevic, Emir [VerfasserIn]
Lasagni, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez-Vidal, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Saliu, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analysis
Extraction
Journal Article
Marine litter
Microplastics
Plastics
Seafloor
Solvents
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 09.06.2021

Date Revised 09.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112436

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325163413