{"id":32233,"date":"2014-01-03T19:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/01\/03\/microplastic-pollution-in-the-surface-waters-of-the-laurentian-great-lakes-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:43:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:43:07","slug":"microplastic-pollution-in-the-surface-waters-of-the-laurentian-great-lakes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/research-en\/2014\/microplastic-pollution-in-the-surface-waters-of-the-laurentian-great-lakes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Microplastic pollution in  the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Marcus Eriksen, Sherri Mason, Stiv Wilson, Carolyn Box, Ann Zellers, \nWilliam Edwards, Hannah Farley, Stephen Amato, Microplastic pollution in \nthe surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes, Marine Pollution \nBulletin, Available online 25 October 2013, ISSN 0025-326X, \n<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2013.10.007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2013.10.007<\/a>.\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X13006097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X13006097<\/a>)\nAbstract: Neuston samples were collected at 21 stations during an \u223c700 \nnautical mile (\u223c1300 km) expedition in July 2012 in the Laurentian Great \nLakes of the United States using a 333 \u03bcm mesh manta trawl and analyzed \nfor plastic debris. Although the average abundance was approximately \n43,000 microplastic particles\/km2, station 20, downstream from two major \ncities, contained over 466,000 particles\/km2, greater than all other \nstations combined. SEM analysis determined nearly 20% of particles less \nthan 1 mm, which were initially identified as microplastic by visual \nobservation, were aluminum silicate from coal ash. Many microplastic \nparticles were multi-colored spheres, which were compared to, and are \nsuspected to be, microbeads from consumer products containing \nmicroplastic particles of similar size, shape, texture and composition. \nThe presence of microplastics and coal ash in these surface samples, \nwhich were most abundant where lake currents converge, are likely from \nnearby urban effluent and coal burning power plants.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Eriksen, Sherri Mason, Stiv Wilson, Carolyn Box, Ann Zellers, William Edwards, Hannah Farley, Stephen Amato, Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Available online 25 October 2013, ISSN 0025-326X, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2013.10.007. (http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X13006097) Abstract: Neuston samples were collected at 21 stations during an \u223c700 nautical mile (\u223c1300 km) expedition in July 2012 in the Laurentian Great Lakes of the United States using a 333 \u03bcm mesh manta trawl and analyzed for plastic debris. Although the average abundance was approximately 43,000 microplastic particles\/km2, station 20, downstream from two major cities, contained over 466,000 particles\/km2, greater than all other stations combined. SEM analysis determined nearly 20% of particles less than 1 mm, which were initially identified as microplastic by visual observation, were aluminum silicate from coal ash. Many microplastic particles were multi-colored spheres, which were compared to, and are suspected to be, microbeads from consumer products containing microplastic particles of similar size, shape, texture and composition. The presence of microplastics and coal ash in these surface samples, which were most abundant where lake currents converge, are likely from nearby urban effluent and coal burning power plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3649,3543,3445,3423],"tags":[1309,1585,2438],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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(http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X13006097) Abstract: Neuston samples were collected at 21 stations during an \u223c700 nautical mile (\u223c1300 km) expedition in July 2012 in the Laurentian Great Lakes of the United States using a 333 \u03bcm mesh manta trawl and analyzed for plastic debris. Although the average abundance was approximately 43,000 microplastic particles\/km2, station 20, downstream from two major cities, contained over 466,000 particles\/km2, greater than all other stations combined. SEM analysis determined nearly 20% of particles less than 1 mm, which were initially identified as microplastic by visual observation, were aluminum silicate from coal ash. Many microplastic particles were multi-colored spheres, which were compared to, and are suspected to be, microbeads from consumer products containing microplastic particles of similar size, shape, texture and composition. 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