Occurrence and Quantification of Natural and Microplastic Items in Urban Streams: The Case of Mugnone Creek (Florence, Italy)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Sampling
2.2. Microplastic Extraction from Sediment and Water
2.3. QA/QC Protocol
2.4. 2D Imaging–Fourier Transform Infrared
3. Results
3.1. Sediments
3.2. Waters and Fluxes
4. Discussion
4.1. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Waters and Sediments
4.2. Fluxes of Microplastics
4.3. Polymer Shape and Type
5. Final Remarks
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Rimondi, V.; Monnanni, A.; De Beni, E.; Bicocchi, G.; Chelazzi, D.; Cincinelli, A.; Fratini, S.; Martellini, T.; Morelli, G.; Venturi, S.; et al. Occurrence and Quantification of Natural and Microplastic Items in Urban Streams: The Case of Mugnone Creek (Florence, Italy). Toxics 2022, 10, 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040159
Rimondi V, Monnanni A, De Beni E, Bicocchi G, Chelazzi D, Cincinelli A, Fratini S, Martellini T, Morelli G, Venturi S, et al. Occurrence and Quantification of Natural and Microplastic Items in Urban Streams: The Case of Mugnone Creek (Florence, Italy). Toxics. 2022; 10(4):159. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040159
Chicago/Turabian StyleRimondi, Valentina, Alessio Monnanni, Eleonora De Beni, Gabriele Bicocchi, David Chelazzi, Alessandra Cincinelli, Sara Fratini, Tania Martellini, Guia Morelli, Stefania Venturi, and et al. 2022. "Occurrence and Quantification of Natural and Microplastic Items in Urban Streams: The Case of Mugnone Creek (Florence, Italy)" Toxics 10, no. 4: 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040159