Abstract:
:Humans continue to increase the use and disposal of plastics by producing over 240 million tonnes per year, polluting the oceans with persistent waste. The majority of plastic in the oceans are microplastics (<5 mm). In this study, the contamination of microplastic fibers was quantified in sediments from the intertidal zones of one exposed beach and two protected beaches along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. From the two protected beaches, polychaete worm fecal casts and live blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) were analyzed for microplastic content. Store-bought mussels from an aquaculture site were also analyzed. The average microplastic abundance observed from 10 g sediment subsamples was between 20 and 80 fibers, with higher concentrations at the high tide line from the exposed beach and at the low tide line from the protected beaches. Microplastic concentrations from polychaete fecal casts resembled concentrations quantified from low tide sediments. In two separate mussel analyses, significantly more microplastics were enumerated in farmed mussels compared to wild ones.
journal_name
Mar Pollut Bulljournal_title
Marine pollution bulletinauthors
Mathalon A,Hill Pdoi
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.018subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-04-15 00:00:00pages
69-79issue
1eissn
0025-326Xissn
1879-3363pii
S0025-326X(14)00114-3journal_volume
81pub_type
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