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Chemistry in Industry : Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Croatia, Vol. 69 No. 5-6 (special issue), 2020.

Review article

https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2019.063

Microplastics in the Marine Environment of the Adriatic Sea

Kristina Bule orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9433-3601 ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Karla Zadro ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Tolić ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Edi Radin ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Miloloža orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-8359 ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Ocelić Bulatović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-090X ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy, Aleja narodnih heroja 3, 44 000 Sisak, Croatia
Dajana Kučić Grgić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-8427-6482 ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

The widespread use of plastics has led to the accumulation of plastics in all parts of the environment where it adversely affects the ecosystem. Plastic pollution has the biggest impact on the marine ecosystems which assimilate about 12.7 million tons of plastic yearly. Because of incomplete degradation, plastic in marine environment is accumulated in the form of large clusters and microplastic. Microplastic has a harmful impact on marine organisms due to the accumulation of toxic compounds adsorbed on its particles, which could be passed through the food chain and eventually to humans. Certain researches discussed in this paper are focused on the characterization and quantification of microplastic found in the Adriatic Sea.


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Keywords

microplastic; plastic pollution; marine environment; toxicity; Adriatic Sea

Hrčak ID:

238047

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/238047

Publication date:

19.5.2020.

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