Microplastic pollution from pellet spillage: Analysis of the Toconao ship accident along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts
Pietro Cocozza, Vincenzo M. Scarrica, Angela Rizzo, Silvia Serranti, Antonino Staiano, Giuseppe Bonifazi, Giorgio Anfuso
Abstract
. By combining the accounted variables, it emerges that 48.0 % of the collected pellets can be linked to the Toconao spill.
Topics & Concepts
PelletsPelletSpillageEnvironmental sciencePollutionShorePlastic pollutionOceanographyMicroplasticsGeologyWaste managementEcologyEngineeringBiologyMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry