揭示微塑料动态:降水和深度对城市河流生态系统的影响
Crislaine Bertoldi1, Larissa Z Lara2, Andreia N Fernandes2
1Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, Porto Alegre, RS, 950091501-970, Brazil. cris.bertoldi@hotmail.com.
Environmental science and pollution research international
|October 8, 2023
概括
微塑料污染在巴西的瓜伊巴河中普遍存在,其度受人口密度和降雨量的影响. 研究结果强调,迫切需要更好地管理塑料废物,以保护淡水生态系统.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
- 评估水质水质的评估.
背景情况:
- 拉丁美洲的微塑料研究落后于全球的努力,尽管巴西拥有大量的淡水资源.
- 人们越来越担心巴西重要的淡水系统中的塑料污染.
- 瓜伊巴河是巴西南部的主要水道,面临着相当大的人为压力.
研究的目的:
- 调查塑料污染对瓜伊巴河的影响.
- 量化和描述河流中的微塑料.
- 确定影响微塑料分布和潜在来源的因素.
主要方法:
- 在2019年至2020年期间进行了七次采样活动,收集了66个淡水样本.
- 根据颜色,形状和聚合物类型 (聚乙烯,聚烯) 量化和特征化微塑料.
- 分析了微塑料存在与环境因素 (人口密度,降水,深度) 之间的相关性,使用非米度多维缩放 (nMDS).
主要成果:
- 微塑料的度在2.9至53.8个物品m−3.8之间.
- 主要是聚乙烯 (PE) 和聚烯 (PP) 的白色透明碎片 (89%).
- 分布与人口密度,降水和采样点深度有关;一些地点的来源被认为是家用污水.
结论:
- 证实了瓜伊巴河中无处不在的微塑料存在.
- 观察到侵蚀和降解的迹象,可能形成纳米塑料.
- 强调巴西需要改善塑料废物管理法规,以保护淡水体.
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