Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties

Interest in microplastic behaviour as vectors for hydrophobic organic pollutants has increased in the literature over recent years, however these materials constitute only one of many organic particulate groups in the environment able to compete for pollutants. This review examines particle characte...

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Autor principal: Zabalgoitia, Sabrina Noël Reaume
Formato: Second cycle, A2E
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Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16597/
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description Interest in microplastic behaviour as vectors for hydrophobic organic pollutants has increased in the literature over recent years, however these materials constitute only one of many organic particulate groups in the environment able to compete for pollutants. This review examines particle characteristics including size, surface area, porosity, and age, and how these may influence natural organic particle and microplastic sorption capacity. The impacts these particles manifest as contaminant vectors to biota are also discussed, along with additional chemical and environmental factors that play a role in favour of each particle type. Microplastics are primarily considered to behave as more ideal sorbent due to their hydrophobic nature and acceptable size range below that considered as “particulate” organic matter, however the abundance of these anthropogenic pollutants in comparison to their natural counterparts and their initial hydrophobicity makes their risk as a vector far less prominent than the latter group.
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spelling RepoSLU165972021-04-27T01:00:49Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16597/ Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties Zabalgoitia, Sabrina Noël Reaume Aquatic ecology Water resources and management Pollution Interest in microplastic behaviour as vectors for hydrophobic organic pollutants has increased in the literature over recent years, however these materials constitute only one of many organic particulate groups in the environment able to compete for pollutants. This review examines particle characteristics including size, surface area, porosity, and age, and how these may influence natural organic particle and microplastic sorption capacity. The impacts these particles manifest as contaminant vectors to biota are also discussed, along with additional chemical and environmental factors that play a role in favour of each particle type. Microplastics are primarily considered to behave as more ideal sorbent due to their hydrophobic nature and acceptable size range below that considered as “particulate” organic matter, however the abundance of these anthropogenic pollutants in comparison to their natural counterparts and their initial hydrophobicity makes their risk as a vector far less prominent than the latter group. 2021-04-20 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16597/3/reaume_zabalgoitioa_s_n_210426.pdf Zabalgoitia, Sabrina Noël Reaume, 2021. Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-280.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-16597 eng
spellingShingle Aquatic ecology
Water resources and management
Pollution
Zabalgoitia, Sabrina Noël Reaume
Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties
title Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties
title_full Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties
title_fullStr Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties
title_short Evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties
title_sort evaluating the potential of microplastics and natural organic matter for sorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants based on selected properties
topic Aquatic ecology
Water resources and management
Pollution
url https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16597/
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16597/