Screening and quantification of Micro (Nano) plastics and plastic additives in the seawater of Mar Menor Lagoon

In this work a suspect-screening approach was employed to assess the polymers and plastic additives of micro(nano)plastics (NPL/MPLs) of size ranges from the nm range to 20 μm present in seawater from the top 5 cm of the Mar Menor lagoon during two sampling campaigns (summer and winter), as well of other potentially adsorbed compounds onto the plastic particles surfaces and suspended material. The identification of NPL/MPLs has been based on characteristic Kendrick Mass Defect analysis for each polymer type in mass spectra. The applied methodology allowed to identify NPLs/MPLs of polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE), polyisoprene (PI), polybutadiene (PBD), polypropylene (PP), polyamides (PA), polyvinylchloride (PVC), n-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAm), and polydimethylsiloxanes. In addition, PS, PE, PI, PBD, PP, PA, and PVC were confirmed with standards, and the equivalent concentrations were quantified.

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Vega-Herrera A. Llorca M. Savva K. León V.M. Abad E. y Farré M. Screening and quantification of Micro (Nano) plastics and plastic additives in the seawater of Mar Menor Lagoon. Frontiers, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.697424

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Date of creation 2024-11-05
Date of last revision 2024-11-05
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Metadata identifier c3f97a92-52ca-5296-b1db-8b8ce95e66e6
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Name of the dataset creator Vega-Herrera, A., Llorca, M., Savva, K., León, V.M., Abad, E. y Farré, M.
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Other identifier DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.697424
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