PMID- 38070560
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240117
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 912
DP  - 2024 Feb 20
TI  - Spatial distribution and characteristics of plastic pollution in the salt marshes 
      of Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina.
PG  - 169199
LID - S0048-9697(23)07829-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169199 [doi]
AB  - This study delves into the magnitude and attributes of plastic pollution in the 
      salt marshes of the Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina, with a specific focus on its 
      spatial distribution. The investigation included the evaluation of microplastics 
      (1-5 mm), mesoplastics (5-25 mm) and macroplastics (25-100 mm), discovering 
      elevated levels along the high salt marsh strandline compared to low salt marsh 
      and mudflat areas. Notably, the abundance of plastic reached staggering levels, 
      reaching up to 20,060 items/m(2) in the vicinity of an illegal dumpsite. 
      Microplastics, particularly in the 2-4 mm range, were dominant, and the main 
      plastic components were high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density 
      polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS). Plastic films 
      emerged as the predominant plastic type, while the presence of pellets hinted at 
      potential sources such as illegal dumping and port-related activities. This 
      contamination could be largely attributed to inappropriate waste management 
      practices and urban runoff, which pose a substantial ecological threat to these 
      ecosystems. Urgent remedial action is essential to protect these marshes, 
      underscoring the critical need for comprehensive wetland management and 
      educational initiatives to ensure their long-term sustainability.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Girones, Lautaro
AU  - Girones L
AD  - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia (IADO - CONICET/UNS), Camino La Carrindanga 
      km 7.5, B8000FWB Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica, 
      Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Av. Alem 1253, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Argentina. 
      Electronic address: gironeslautaro@gmail.com.
FAU - Adaro, Maria Eugenia
AU  - Adaro ME
AD  - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia (IADO - CONICET/UNS), Camino La Carrindanga 
      km 7.5, B8000FWB Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
FAU - Pozo, Karla
AU  - Pozo K
AD  - Masaryk University, Faculty of Science (RECETOX), Kamenice 753/5, 62500 Brno, 
      Czech Republic; Universidad San Sebastian, Facultad de Ingenieria, Arquitectura y 
      Diseno, Lientur 1457, 4030000 Concepcion, Chile. Electronic address: 
      karla.pozo@recetox.muni.cz.
FAU - Baini, Matteo
AU  - Baini M
AD  - Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Via 
      P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy. Electronic address: matteo.baini@unisi.it.
FAU - Panti, Cristina
AU  - Panti C
AD  - Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Via 
      P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy. Electronic address: panti4@unisi.it.
FAU - Fossi, Maria Cristina
AU  - Fossi MC
AD  - Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Via 
      P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy. Electronic address: fossi@unisi.it.
FAU - Marcovecchio, Jorge Eduardo
AU  - Marcovecchio JE
AD  - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia (IADO - CONICET/UNS), Camino La Carrindanga 
      km 7.5, B8000FWB Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Universidad de la Fraternidad de 
      Agrupaciones Santo Tomas de Aquino, Gascon 3145, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina; 
      Universidad Tecnologica Nacional - FRBB, 11 de Abril 445, 8000 Bahia Blanca, 
      Argentina; Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales (ANCEFN), 
      Av. Alvear 1711, 1014 Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic 
      address: jorgemar@criba.edu.ar.
FAU - Ronda, Ana Carolina
AU  - Ronda AC
AD  - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia (IADO - CONICET/UNS), Camino La Carrindanga 
      km 7.5, B8000FWB Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Biologia, Bioquimica y 
      Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Av. Alem 1253, 8000 Bahia Blanca, 
      Argentina. Electronic address: acronda@criba.edu.ar.
FAU - Arias, Andres Hugo
AU  - Arias AH
AD  - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia (IADO - CONICET/UNS), Camino La Carrindanga 
      km 7.5, B8000FWB Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Quimica, Universidad 
      Nacional del Sur (UNS), Av. Alem 1253, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Electronic 
      address: aharias@iado-conicet.gov.ar.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231207
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Coastal wetlands
OT  - Environment management
OT  - Estuary
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - Plastic pollution
OT  - Salt marshes
OT  - South America
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2023/12/10 06:43
MHDA- 2023/12/10 06:44
CRDT- 2023/12/09 19:23
PHST- 2023/06/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/09/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/12/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/12/10 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/10 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/09 19:23 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(23)07829-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169199 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2024 Feb 20;912:169199. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169199. 
      Epub 2023 Dec 7.