| Titolo | Pervasive plastisphere: First record of plastics in egagropiles (Posidonia spheroids) |
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| Tipo di pubblicazione | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Anno di Pubblicazione | 2017 |
| Autori | Pietrelli, L., Di Gennaro A., Menegoni Patrizia, Lecce Francesca, Poeta G., Acosta A.T.R., Battisti C., and Iannilli Valentina |
| Rivista | Environmental Pollution |
| Volume | 229 |
| Paginazione | 1032-1036 |
| ISSN | 02697491 |
| Parole chiave | Alismatales, analysis, article, Central Italy, Chemical, chemistry, coastal zone, cotton, ecosystem, Egagropile, Elastomers, Emerging pollutants, Environmental monitoring, Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater environment, Gossypium hirsutum, information processing, Italy, marine environment, Marine litter, Marine pollution, Microfibers, natural fiber production, nonhuman, nylon, Nylon polymers, Pelletizing, plastic, Plastic products, plastic waste, Plastics, plastisphere, pollutant, pollutant transport, polyamide, Polyamides, polyester, polyethylene, Polyethylene terephthalates, polymer, Polymers, Posidonia, Posidonia oceanica, Rayon, sand, seagrass, unclassified drug, water pollutant, Water Pollutants |
| Abstract | The ability of Posidonia oceanica spheroids (egagropiles, EG) to incorporate plastics was investigated along the central Italy coast. Plastics were found in the 52.84% of the egagropiles collected (n = 685). The more represented size of plastics has range within 1–1.5 cm, comparable to the size of natural fibres. Comparing plastics occurring both in EG and in surrounding sand, Polyethylene, Polyester and Nylon were the most abundant polymers in EG, while PSE, PE, PP and PET were the most represented in sand. In particular PE and PP were significantly more represented in sand, while PE, Nylon, Polyester and microfibers (as pills) were more represented in EG. Within plastics found in EG, 26.9% were microfibers as small pills (<1 cm), mainly composed of polyamide, polyester, cotton and PET mixing. These microfibers might be produced by discharges from washing machines and currently represents an emerging pollutant with widespread distribution in marine and freshwater ecosystems. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd |
| Note | cited By 2 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85026518234&doi=10.1016%2fj.envpol.2017.07.098&partnerID=40&md5=a9a1d731eff17d01be1e03138c7ec944 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.098 |
| Citation Key | Pietrelli20171032 |
