Pollution of Beach Sands of the Ob River (Western Siberia) with Microplastics and Persistent Organic Pollutants

• Main Authors: Yulia A. Frank (Author), Yulia S. Sotnikova (Author), Vasiliy Yu. Tsygankov (Author), Aleksey R. Rednikin (Author), Maksim M. Donets (Author), Elena V. Karpova (Author), Maksim A. Belanov (Author), Svetlana Rakhmatullina (Author), Aleksandra D. Borovkova (Author), Dmitriy N. Polovyanenko (Author), Danil S. Vorobiev (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Microplastics (MPs) in aquatic environments can be associated with various substances, including persistent organic pollutants, which add to the problem of plastic ecotoxicity. The abundance of 1-5 mm microplastics and concentrations of particle-adsorbed organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlo...