Occurrence of marine plastic litter and plasticizers from touristic beaches of Arauco Gulf in Central Chile

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00136805" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00136805 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X24005526?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X24005526?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116575" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116575</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Occurrence of marine plastic litter and plasticizers from touristic beaches of Arauco Gulf in Central Chile

Original language description

Marine plastic litter (MPL) was collected from beaches (n = 3) of the Arauco Gulf in central Chile in spring 2021 and summer 2022. MPL was analyzed for physical and chemical characteristics, and plasticizers were also screened using FTIR-ATR. Three hundred seventeen plastic items with an accumulated weight of 226.8 g were found. MPL densities ranged from 0.4 to 17.1 items m(-2). Significant differences (p &lt; 0.05) between seasons were observed for Arauco and Maule beaches, being similar to ten times higher in summer compared to spring. Solid pieces were the predominant shape, macroplastics were the most abundant (&gt;2.5 cm), and white and blue colors were dominant. Polypropylene (52 %) and polyethylene (31 %) were the predominant polymers. Plasticizers (n = 3) were detected in the MPL in the study area (dioctyl phthalate, polybutene, and alpha-methylstyrene) for the first time. This study contributes new information related to MPL in coastal areas of central Chile and their chemical composition.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Marine Pollution Bulletin

ISSN

0025-326X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

205

Issue of the periodical within the volume

August 2024

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

UT code for WoS article

001259894100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85196016459