Plastic pellets, meso- and microplastics on the coastline of Northern Crete: Distribution and organic pollution

Karkanorachaki, Katerina; Kiparissis, Sotiris; Kalogerakis, Georgina C.; Yiantzi, Evangelia; Psillakis, Elefteria; Kalogerakis, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.011

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“…Due to their strong ability to bind to plastic particles (Liu et al, 2016), it's not surprising that PAHs are the most abundant contaminants found on the surface of MPs collected from our study area. The measured concentration of ∑PAHs is consistent with that found on plastic pellets (166.3 to 2,781 ng/g plastic) or fragments (85.9 to 2,841 ng/g plastic) beached along Crete shore (Karkanorachaki et al, 2018).…”

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Microplastics and their associated organic pollutants from the coastal waters of the central Adriatic Sea (Italy): Investigation of adipogenic effects in vitro

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Section: J O U R N a L P R E -P R O O Fsupporting

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Microplastics and their associated organic pollutants from the coastal waters of the central Adriatic Sea (Italy): Investigation of adipogenic effects in vitro

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“…Patterns of beaching are different on islands depending on which side one looks at: for example, more beaching is estimated on the western face of Sardinia and the northern face of Crete which was also reported in the observations. 55 …”

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Closing the Mediterranean Marine Floating Plastic Mass Budget: Inverse Modeling of Sources and Sinks

Kaandorp

Dijkstra

Sebille

2020

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Estimates of plastic inputs into the ocean are orders of magnitude larger than what is found in the surface waters. This can be due to discrepancies in the sources of plastic released into the ocean but can also be explained by the fact that it is not well-known what the most dominant sinks of marine plastics are and on what time scales these operate. To get a better understanding on possible sources and sinks, an inverse modeling methodology is presented here for a Lagrangian ocean model, estimating floating plastic quantities in the Mediterranean Sea. Field measurements of plastic concentrations in the Mediterranean are used to inform parametrizations defining various sources of marine plastics and removal of plastic particles because of beaching and sinking. The parameters of the model are found using inverse modeling, by comparison of model results and measurements of floating plastic concentrations. Time scales for the sinks are found, and likely sources of plastics can be ranked in importance. A new mass balance is made for floating plastics in the Mediterranean: for 2015, there is an estimated input of 2100–3400 tonnes, and of plastics released since 2006, about 170–420 tonnes remain afloat in the surface waters, 49–63% ended up on coastlines, and 37–51% have sunk down.

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“…Translucent nurdles were the most common colour, although the total colour composition was not significantly different between the beaches (Table 1). The consistency of colour composition suggests that translucent nurdles are produced in higher numbers than other colours, perhaps due to their versatility in the manufacturing process (Turner and Holmes, 2011;Karkanorachaki et al 2018).…”

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“…Nurdles can be accidentally released into the environment, and commonly enter marine systems through ship spills, road runoff, inland waterways, or wind transfer (Boucher and Friot, 2017). Once in the marine environment, nurdles can be deposited in coastal areas via winds, surface currents, and tides (Karkanorachaki et al, 2018), with the potential to be dispersed over long distances (Karlsson et al, 2018).…”

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Colonisation of plastic pellets (nurdles) by E. coli at public bathing beaches

Rodrigues

Oliver

McCarron

2019

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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The hard surface of waterborne plastic provides an ideal environment for the formation of biofilm by opportunistic microbial colonisers, and could facilitate a novel means of dispersal for microorganisms across coastal and marine environments. Biofilms that colonise the so-called 'plastisphere' could also be a reservoir for faecal indicator organisms (FIOs), such as Escherichia coli, or pathogenic bacteria such as species of Vibrio. Therefore, the aim of this study was to map the spatial distribution of beachcast plastic resin pellets (nurdles) at five public bathing beaches, and quantify their colonisation by E. coli and Vibrio spp. Nurdles were heterogeneously distributed along the high tide mark at all five beaches, and each beach contained nurdles that were colonised by E. coli and Vibrio spp. Knowledge of E. coli colonisation and persistence on nurdles should now be used to inform coastal managers about the additional risks associated with plastic debris.

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Plastic pellets, meso- and microplastics on the coastline of Northern Crete: Distribution and organic pollution

Cited by 80 publications

References 57 publications

Microplastics and their associated organic pollutants from the coastal waters of the central Adriatic Sea (Italy): Investigation of adipogenic effects in vitro

Microplastics and their associated organic pollutants from the coastal waters of the central Adriatic Sea (Italy): Investigation of adipogenic effects in vitro

Closing the Mediterranean Marine Floating Plastic Mass Budget: Inverse Modeling of Sources and Sinks

Colonisation of plastic pellets (nurdles) by E. coli at public bathing beaches

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