Microplastic abundance and distribution in the open water and sediment of the Ottawa River, Canada, and its tributaries

• Main Authors: Jesse C. Vermaire (Author), Carrington Pomeroy (Author), Sofia M. Herczegh (Author), Owen Haggart (Author), Meaghan Murphy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Microplastic pollution is prevalent in the Ottawa River, with all open water samples (n = 62) and sediment samples (n = 10) containing microplastics. The median microplastic concentration of nearshore 100 L water samples was 0.1 fragments per L (ranged between 0.05 and 0.24 fragments per L). The lar...