TY - JOUR
T1 - Microplastics in the Southern Ocean
AU - Isobe, Atsuhiko
AU - Uchiyama-Matsumoto, Kaori
AU - Uchida, Keiichi
AU - Tokai, Tadashi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors sincerely thank the Captain, officers, and crews of the Umitaka-maru for their assistance during the field surveys. We thank the journal reviewer for valuable suggestions to improve the manuscript. This research was supported by the Environmental Research and Technology Development Fund (4-1502) of the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, and by MEXT for physical and chemical oceanographic observations under the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition.
PY - 2017/1/15
Y1 - 2017/1/15
N2 - A field survey to collect microplastics with sizes < 5 mm was conducted in the Southern Ocean in 2016. We performed five net-tows and collected 44 pieces of plastic. Total particle counts of the entire water column, which is free of vertical mixing, were computed using the surface concentration (particle count per unit seawater volume) of microplastics, wind speed, and significant wave height during the observation period. Total particle counts at two stations near Antarctica were estimated to be in the order of 100,000 pieces km− 2.
AB - A field survey to collect microplastics with sizes < 5 mm was conducted in the Southern Ocean in 2016. We performed five net-tows and collected 44 pieces of plastic. Total particle counts of the entire water column, which is free of vertical mixing, were computed using the surface concentration (particle count per unit seawater volume) of microplastics, wind speed, and significant wave height during the observation period. Total particle counts at two stations near Antarctica were estimated to be in the order of 100,000 pieces km− 2.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.037
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.037
M3 - Article
C2 - 27686822
AN - SCOPUS:84995600620
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 114
SP - 623
EP - 626
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
IS - 1
ER -