Natural sea water and artificial sea water are not equivalent in plastic leachate contamination studies
Our results show that, at least in this case, both types of water are not equivalent to produce plastic leachaetes and suggest that precaution should be taken when conclusions are derived from results obtained in artificial sea water.
Authors
- Eva Jiménez-Guri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9592-1077)
- Maria Ina Arnone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-7624)
- Clemens V. Ullmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5865-7289)
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research Europe
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17112.2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.13
Funders
- European Commission
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme