Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos: [incl. Author Correction]

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Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos : [incl. Author Correction]. / Alfaro-Núñez, Alonzo; Astorga, Diana; Cáceres-Farías, Lenin; Bastidas, Lisandra; Soto Villegas, Cynthia; Macay, Kewrin; Christensen, Jan H.

In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, No. 1, 6424, 2021.

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Harvard

Alfaro-Núñez, A, Astorga, D, Cáceres-Farías, L, Bastidas, L, Soto Villegas, C, Macay, K & Christensen, JH 2021, 'Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos: [incl. Author Correction]', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 6424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85939-3

APA

Alfaro-Núñez, A., Astorga, D., Cáceres-Farías, L., Bastidas, L., Soto Villegas, C., Macay, K., & Christensen, J. H. (2021). Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos: [incl. Author Correction]. Scientific Reports, 11(1), [6424]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85939-3

Vancouver

Alfaro-Núñez A, Astorga D, Cáceres-Farías L, Bastidas L, Soto Villegas C, Macay K et al. Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos: [incl. Author Correction]. Scientific Reports. 2021;11(1). 6424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85939-3

Author

Alfaro-Núñez, Alonzo ; Astorga, Diana ; Cáceres-Farías, Lenin ; Bastidas, Lisandra ; Soto Villegas, Cynthia ; Macay, Kewrin ; Christensen, Jan H. / Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos : [incl. Author Correction]. In: Scientific Reports. 2021 ; Vol. 11, No. 1.

Bibtex

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title = "Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Gal{\'a}pagos: [incl. Author Correction]",
abstract = "Detection of plastic debris degrading into micro particles across all oceanic environments and inside of marine organisms is no longer surprising news. Microplastic contamination now appears as one of the world's environmental main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution at sea, water samples were collected across a 4000 km-trajectory in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Gal{\'a}pagos archipelago, covering an area of 453,000 square kilometres. Furthermore, 240 specimens of 16 different species of fish, squid, and shrimp, all of human consumption, were collected along the continental coast. Microplastic particles were found in 100% of the water samples and marine organisms. Microplastic particles ranging from 150 to 500 µm in size were the most predominant. This is one of the first reports simultaneously detecting and quantifying microplastic particles abundance and their impact on marine organisms of this region.",
author = "Alonzo Alfaro-N{\'u}{\~n}ez and Diana Astorga and Lenin C{\'a}ceres-Far{\'i}as and Lisandra Bastidas and {Soto Villegas}, Cynthia and Kewrin Macay and Christensen, {Jan H}",
note = "Author Correction: Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Gal{\'a}pagos. 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07504-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07504-w ",
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AU - Cáceres-Farías, Lenin

AU - Bastidas, Lisandra

AU - Soto Villegas, Cynthia

AU - Macay, Kewrin

AU - Christensen, Jan H

N1 - Author Correction: Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos. 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07504-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07504-w

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N2 - Detection of plastic debris degrading into micro particles across all oceanic environments and inside of marine organisms is no longer surprising news. Microplastic contamination now appears as one of the world's environmental main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution at sea, water samples were collected across a 4000 km-trajectory in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Galápagos archipelago, covering an area of 453,000 square kilometres. Furthermore, 240 specimens of 16 different species of fish, squid, and shrimp, all of human consumption, were collected along the continental coast. Microplastic particles were found in 100% of the water samples and marine organisms. Microplastic particles ranging from 150 to 500 µm in size were the most predominant. This is one of the first reports simultaneously detecting and quantifying microplastic particles abundance and their impact on marine organisms of this region.

AB - Detection of plastic debris degrading into micro particles across all oceanic environments and inside of marine organisms is no longer surprising news. Microplastic contamination now appears as one of the world's environmental main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution at sea, water samples were collected across a 4000 km-trajectory in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Galápagos archipelago, covering an area of 453,000 square kilometres. Furthermore, 240 specimens of 16 different species of fish, squid, and shrimp, all of human consumption, were collected along the continental coast. Microplastic particles were found in 100% of the water samples and marine organisms. Microplastic particles ranging from 150 to 500 µm in size were the most predominant. This is one of the first reports simultaneously detecting and quantifying microplastic particles abundance and their impact on marine organisms of this region.

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