PMID- 33283500
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210407
LR  - 20210407
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Jan 5
TI  - Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in Surficial Benthic Sediment of Lake 
      Michigan and Lake Erie.
PG  - 373-384
LID - 10.1021/acs.est.0c06087 [doi]
AB  - The spatial distribution, concentration, particle size, and polymer compositions 
      of microplastics in Lake Michigan and Lake Erie sediment were investigated. 
      Fibers/lines were the most abundant of the five particle types characterized. 
      Microplastic particles were observed in all samples with mean concentrations for 
      particles greater than 0.355 mm of 65.2 p kg(-1) in Lake Michigan samples (n = 
      20) and 431 p kg(-1) in Lake Erie samples (n = 12). Additional analysis of 
      particles with size 0.1250-0.3549 mm in Lake Erie resulted in a mean 
      concentration of 631 p kg(-1). The majority of polymers in Lake Michigan samples 
      were poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and 
      semisynthetic cellulose (S.S. Cellulose), and in Lake Erie samples were S.S. 
      Cellulose, polypropylene (PP), and poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC). Polymer density 
      estimates indicated that 85 and 74% of observed microplastic particles have a 
      density greater than 1.1 g cm(-3) for Lake Michigan and Lake Erie, respectively. 
      The current study provided a multidimensional dataset on the spatial distribution 
      of microplastics in benthic sediment from Lake Michigan and Lake Erie and 
      valuable information for assessment of the fate of microplastics in the Great 
      Lakes.
FAU - Lenaker, Peter L
AU  - Lenaker PL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9469-6285
AD  - Upper Midwest Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 8505 Research Way, 
      Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, United States.
FAU - Corsi, Steven R
AU  - Corsi SR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0583-5536
AD  - Upper Midwest Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 8505 Research Way, 
      Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, United States.
FAU - Mason, Sherri A
AU  - Mason SA
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, State University of New York at 
      Fredonia, 280 Central Avenue, Science Complex 340, Fredonia, New York 14063, 
      United States.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20201207
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Microplastics)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Geologic Sediments
MH  - Lakes
MH  - Michigan
MH  - *Microplastics
MH  - Plastics
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
EDAT- 2020/12/08 06:00
MHDA- 2021/04/10 06:00
CRDT- 2020/12/07 08:42
PHST- 2020/12/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/04/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/07 08:42 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/acs.est.0c06087 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2021 Jan 5;55(1):373-384. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06087. Epub 
      2020 Dec 7.