Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.

The so-called marine litter, and in particular microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), are ubiquitously distributed and recognised as an emerging risk for the environment and human health. It is known that marine environments are one of the most impacted areas and among them; coastal zones are t...

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Autores: Martínez-Gómez, Concepción, Abad, Esther, Farré, Marc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/320481
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Medio Marino y Protección Ambiental
nanoplastics
Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia
Microplastics
Environmental contamination
Mediterranean Sea
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spelling Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.Martínez-Gómez, ConcepciónAbad, EstherFarré, MarcMedio Marino y Protección AmbientalnanoplasticsCentro Oceanográfico de MurciaMicroplasticsEnvironmental contaminationMediterranean SeaThe so-called marine litter, and in particular microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), are ubiquitously distributed and recognised as an emerging risk for the environment and human health. It is known that marine environments are one of the most impacted areas and among them; coastal zones are the most contaminated ones. They are subjected to population pressure, tourism, harbours, desalination plants, marine traffic and fish farms. This review is focused on the Mediterranean Sea, currently considered one hot spot of microplastics pollution in the world, as a consequence of the high number of plastic marine litter generating activities and its characteristic morphology of semi-enclosed sea. MPs and NPs have been detected not only in surface water and water columns but also in sediments, deep seafloor, and biota including fish and seafood for human consumption. Because of this, different European legislation initiatives have been launched during the last years in order to prevent MPs and NPs contamination and to face derived problems. Finally, this review summarises the main problems and shortcomings associated to MPs and NPs analyses such as their identification and quantification or the necessity of standardised protocols.SíConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202320232020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/320481reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésCentro Oceanográfico de MurciaSíinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3204812026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
title Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
spellingShingle Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
Martínez-Gómez, Concepción
Medio Marino y Protección Ambiental
nanoplastics
Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia
Microplastics
Environmental contamination
Mediterranean Sea
title_short Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
title_full Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
title_fullStr Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
title_full_unstemmed Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
title_sort Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: levels, analysis, toxicity and impact for the environment and human health.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martínez-Gómez, Concepción
Abad, Esther
Farré, Marc
author Martínez-Gómez, Concepción
author_facet Martínez-Gómez, Concepción
Abad, Esther
Farré, Marc
author_role author
author2 Abad, Esther
Farré, Marc
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Medio Marino y Protección Ambiental
nanoplastics
Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia
Microplastics
Environmental contamination
Mediterranean Sea
topic Medio Marino y Protección Ambiental
nanoplastics
Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia
Microplastics
Environmental contamination
Mediterranean Sea
description The so-called marine litter, and in particular microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), are ubiquitously distributed and recognised as an emerging risk for the environment and human health. It is known that marine environments are one of the most impacted areas and among them; coastal zones are the most contaminated ones. They are subjected to population pressure, tourism, harbours, desalination plants, marine traffic and fish farms. This review is focused on the Mediterranean Sea, currently considered one hot spot of microplastics pollution in the world, as a consequence of the high number of plastic marine litter generating activities and its characteristic morphology of semi-enclosed sea. MPs and NPs have been detected not only in surface water and water columns but also in sediments, deep seafloor, and biota including fish and seafood for human consumption. Because of this, different European legislation initiatives have been launched during the last years in order to prevent MPs and NPs contamination and to face derived problems. Finally, this review summarises the main problems and shortcomings associated to MPs and NPs analyses such as their identification and quantification or the necessity of standardised protocols.
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