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| author | Botterell, Zara L R Ardren, Jed Dove, Elly McArthur, Ellen Addison, David S Adegbile, Oyeronke M Agamboue, Pierre Didier Agyekumhene, Andrews Allman, Phil Alterman, Alexandra Anderson, Adren Arenholz, Theresa Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel Arnold, Zephania Báez, José C Bahar, Anat Barbosa, Castro Barrios-Garrido, Hector Başkale, Eyup Berumen, Michael L Bézy, Vanessa S Blumenthal, Janice Borja Bosquirolli, Manuela R Boyce, Alysia J Brammer-Robbins, Elizabeth Branco, Maria Brooks, Annabelle M L Bunbury, Nancy Cardona, Luis Chadwick, Helen Chalkias, Giannis Chug, Kimberly Clark, Jessica Cole, Matthew Coppock, Rachel L Cuevas, Eduardo Dawson, Tiffany M Denaro, Maria Donadi, Rodrigo Douglas, Corrine Douglas, Ryan Drobes, Emily Dubois, Chloé Duncan, Emily M Elston, Chloe A Esteban, Nicole Fernandes, Gabriela Ferreira-Airaud, Maria B Finn, Sarah A Fisayo Christie, Jerome Formia, Angela Fossette-Halot, Sabrina Fuentes, Mariana M P B Galloway, Tamara S Godfrey, Matthew H Goodfellow, Joanna Guzmán-Hernández, Vicente Hart, Catherine E Hays, Graeme C Hirsch, Sarah E Hochscheid, Sandra Holloway-Adkins, Karen G Horrocks, Julia A Inoguchi, Emi Inteca, Gélica E Jean, Claire Kaska, Yakup Koumba Mabert, Brice Didier Lambot, Amandine Levy, Yaniv Lewis, Ceri Ley-Quiñonez, César P Lindeque, Penelope K Llamas, Israel Lopez-Martinez, Sergio López-Navas, Javier Mack, Kelsey Madeira, Fernando M Maffucci, Fulvio Majewska, Roksana Mancini, Agnese Mansfield, Katherine L Marco, Adolfo Margaritoulis, Dimitris Marques da Silva, Isabel Martins, Samir Maurer, Andrew S McFarlane, Wendy J Mejías-Balsalobre, Carmen Montello, Maxine A Mortimer, Jeanne A Nelms, Sarah E Nogués Vera, Josep Not, Christelle Novillo-Sanjuan, Olga Oceguera Camacho, Karen Omessi, Omri Ondich, Breanna Outerbridge, Mark Paranthoen, Nicolas Pate, Jessica Pate, S Michelle Patrício, Ana R Paxinos, Odysseas Pearl, Tami Perrault, Justin R Picknell, Angela S Piovano, Susanna Pococa Arellano, Ernesto I Ponteen, Alwyn Prakash, Shritika S Quiros Rosales, Jairo Rae, Vicky Raman, Azzakirat B A Read, Tyffen Reeve-Arnold, Katie E Reina, Richard D Reinhardt, Stefanie Riberiro, Flavia Richardson, Andrew J Rivas, Marga L Rob, Dani Roche Chaloner, Joseph Rogers, Christopher E Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela Rosell, Frank Sacdanaku, Enerit Salgado Gallegos, Yessica M Sanchez, Cheryl Santidrián Tomillo, Pilar Santillo, David Santos de Mora, Denise Sarrouf Willson, Maïa Sassoon, Shir Schultz, Emma A Shapland, Felicity Shaver, Donna J So, Mandy W K Soluri, Kelly Sounguet, Guy-Philippe Sözbilen, Doğan Stapleton, Seth P Steen, David A Stelfox, Martin Stewart, Kimberly M Tanabe, Lyndsey K Tello-Sahagun, Luis A Tomás, Jesús Torreblanca, Davinia Tucker, Anton D Turley, Craig Vassileva, Ivon Vieira, Sara Villalba-Guerra, Martha R Villaseñor Castañeda, Gerardo Villaseñor Llamas, Ricardo Ware, Matthew Weber, Sam B West, Lindsey Whittles, Clemency Whittock, Paul A Widlansky, Joseph Godley, Brendan J |
| author_facet | Botterell, Zara L R Ardren, Jed Dove, Elly McArthur, Ellen Addison, David S Adegbile, Oyeronke M Agamboue, Pierre Didier Agyekumhene, Andrews Allman, Phil Alterman, Alexandra Anderson, Adren Arenholz, Theresa Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel Arnold, Zephania Báez, José C Bahar, Anat Barbosa, Castro Barrios-Garrido, Hector Başkale, Eyup Berumen, Michael L Bézy, Vanessa S Blumenthal, Janice Borja Bosquirolli, Manuela R Boyce, Alysia J Brammer-Robbins, Elizabeth Branco, Maria Brooks, Annabelle M L Bunbury, Nancy Cardona, Luis Chadwick, Helen Chalkias, Giannis Chug, Kimberly Clark, Jessica Cole, Matthew Coppock, Rachel L Cuevas, Eduardo Dawson, Tiffany M Denaro, Maria Donadi, Rodrigo Douglas, Corrine Douglas, Ryan Drobes, Emily Dubois, Chloé Duncan, Emily M Elston, Chloe A Esteban, Nicole Fernandes, Gabriela Ferreira-Airaud, Maria B Finn, Sarah A Fisayo Christie, Jerome Formia, Angela Fossette-Halot, Sabrina Fuentes, Mariana M P B Galloway, Tamara S Godfrey, Matthew H Goodfellow, Joanna Guzmán-Hernández, Vicente Hart, Catherine E Hays, Graeme C Hirsch, Sarah E Hochscheid, Sandra Holloway-Adkins, Karen G Horrocks, Julia A Inoguchi, Emi Inteca, Gélica E Jean, Claire Kaska, Yakup Koumba Mabert, Brice Didier Lambot, Amandine Levy, Yaniv Lewis, Ceri Ley-Quiñonez, César P Lindeque, Penelope K Llamas, Israel Lopez-Martinez, Sergio López-Navas, Javier Mack, Kelsey Madeira, Fernando M Maffucci, Fulvio Majewska, Roksana Mancini, Agnese Mansfield, Katherine L Marco, Adolfo Margaritoulis, Dimitris Marques da Silva, Isabel Martins, Samir Maurer, Andrew S McFarlane, Wendy J Mejías-Balsalobre, Carmen Montello, Maxine A Mortimer, Jeanne A Nelms, Sarah E Nogués Vera, Josep Not, Christelle Novillo-Sanjuan, Olga Oceguera Camacho, Karen Omessi, Omri Ondich, Breanna Outerbridge, Mark Paranthoen, Nicolas Pate, Jessica Pate, S Michelle Patrício, Ana R Paxinos, Odysseas Pearl, Tami Perrault, Justin R Picknell, Angela S Piovano, Susanna Pococa Arellano, Ernesto I Ponteen, Alwyn Prakash, Shritika S Quiros Rosales, Jairo Rae, Vicky Raman, Azzakirat B A Read, Tyffen Reeve-Arnold, Katie E Reina, Richard D Reinhardt, Stefanie Riberiro, Flavia Richardson, Andrew J Rivas, Marga L Rob, Dani Roche Chaloner, Joseph Rogers, Christopher E Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela Rosell, Frank Sacdanaku, Enerit Salgado Gallegos, Yessica M Sanchez, Cheryl Santidrián Tomillo, Pilar Santillo, David Santos de Mora, Denise Sarrouf Willson, Maïa Sassoon, Shir Schultz, Emma A Shapland, Felicity Shaver, Donna J So, Mandy W K Soluri, Kelly Sounguet, Guy-Philippe Sözbilen, Doğan Stapleton, Seth P Steen, David A Stelfox, Martin Stewart, Kimberly M Tanabe, Lyndsey K Tello-Sahagun, Luis A Tomás, Jesús Torreblanca, Davinia Tucker, Anton D Turley, Craig Vassileva, Ivon Vieira, Sara Villalba-Guerra, Martha R Villaseñor Castañeda, Gerardo Villaseñor Llamas, Ricardo Ware, Matthew Weber, Sam B West, Lindsey Whittles, Clemency Whittock, Paul A Widlansky, Joseph Godley, Brendan J Botterell, Zara L R Ardren, Jed Dove, Elly McArthur, Ellen Addison, David S Adegbile, Oyeronke M Agamboue, Pierre Didier Agyekumhene, Andrews Allman, Phil Alterman, Alexandra Anderson, Adren Arenholz, Theresa Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel Arnold, Zephania Báez, José C Bahar, Anat Barbosa, Castro Barrios-Garrido, Hector Başkale, Eyup Berumen, Michael L Bézy, Vanessa S Blumenthal, Janice Borja Bosquirolli, Manuela R Boyce, Alysia J Brammer-Robbins, Elizabeth Branco, Maria Brooks, Annabelle M L Bunbury, Nancy Cardona, Luis Chadwick, Helen Chalkias, Giannis Chug, Kimberly Clark, Jessica Cole, Matthew Coppock, Rachel L Cuevas, Eduardo Dawson, Tiffany M Denaro, Maria Donadi, Rodrigo Douglas, Corrine Douglas, Ryan Drobes, Emily Dubois, Chloé Duncan, Emily M Elston, Chloe A Esteban, Nicole Fernandes, Gabriela Ferreira-Airaud, Maria B Finn, Sarah A Fisayo Christie, Jerome Formia, Angela Fossette-Halot, Sabrina Fuentes, Mariana M P B Galloway, Tamara S Godfrey, Matthew H Goodfellow, Joanna Guzmán-Hernández, Vicente Hart, Catherine E Hays, Graeme C Hirsch, Sarah E Hochscheid, Sandra Holloway-Adkins, Karen G Horrocks, Julia A Inoguchi, Emi Inteca, Gélica E Jean, Claire Kaska, Yakup Koumba Mabert, Brice Didier Lambot, Amandine Levy, Yaniv Lewis, Ceri Ley-Quiñonez, César P Lindeque, Penelope K Llamas, Israel Lopez-Martinez, Sergio López-Navas, Javier Mack, Kelsey Madeira, Fernando M Maffucci, Fulvio Majewska, Roksana Mancini, Agnese Mansfield, Katherine L Marco, Adolfo Margaritoulis, Dimitris Marques da Silva, Isabel Martins, Samir Maurer, Andrew S McFarlane, Wendy J Mejías-Balsalobre, Carmen Montello, Maxine A Mortimer, Jeanne A Nelms, Sarah E Nogués Vera, Josep Not, Christelle Novillo-Sanjuan, Olga Oceguera Camacho, Karen Omessi, Omri Ondich, Breanna Outerbridge, Mark Paranthoen, Nicolas Pate, Jessica Pate, S Michelle Patrício, Ana R Paxinos, Odysseas Pearl, Tami Perrault, Justin R Picknell, Angela S Piovano, Susanna Pococa Arellano, Ernesto I Ponteen, Alwyn Prakash, Shritika S Quiros Rosales, Jairo Rae, Vicky Raman, Azzakirat B A Read, Tyffen Reeve-Arnold, Katie E Reina, Richard D Reinhardt, Stefanie Riberiro, Flavia Richardson, Andrew J Rivas, Marga L Rob, Dani Roche Chaloner, Joseph Rogers, Christopher E Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela Rosell, Frank Sacdanaku, Enerit Salgado Gallegos, Yessica M Sanchez, Cheryl Santidrián Tomillo, Pilar Santillo, David Santos de Mora, Denise Sarrouf Willson, Maïa Sassoon, Shir Schultz, Emma A Shapland, Felicity Shaver, Donna J So, Mandy W K Soluri, Kelly Sounguet, Guy-Philippe Sözbilen, Doğan Stapleton, Seth P Steen, David A Stelfox, Martin Stewart, Kimberly M Tanabe, Lyndsey K Tello-Sahagun, Luis A Tomás, Jesús Torreblanca, Davinia Tucker, Anton D Turley, Craig Vassileva, Ivon Vieira, Sara Villalba-Guerra, Martha R Villaseñor Castañeda, Gerardo Villaseñor Llamas, Ricardo Ware, Matthew Weber, Sam B West, Lindsey Whittles, Clemency Whittock, Paul A Widlansky, Joseph Godley, Brendan J |
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| contents | A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on marine turtle nesting beaches. Botterell, Zara L R Ardren, Jed Dove, Elly McArthur, Ellen Addison, David S Adegbile, Oyeronke M Agamboue, Pierre Didier Agyekumhene, Andrews Allman, Phil Alterman, Alexandra Anderson, Adren Arenholz, Theresa Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel Arnold, Zephania Báez, José C Bahar, Anat Barbosa, Castro Barrios-Garrido, Hector Başkale, Eyup Berumen, Michael L Bézy, Vanessa S Blumenthal, Janice Borja Bosquirolli, Manuela R Boyce, Alysia J Brammer-Robbins, Elizabeth Branco, Maria Brooks, Annabelle M L Bunbury, Nancy Cardona, Luis Chadwick, Helen Chalkias, Giannis Chug, Kimberly Clark, Jessica Cole, Matthew Coppock, Rachel L Cuevas, Eduardo Dawson, Tiffany M Denaro, Maria Donadi, Rodrigo Douglas, Corrine Douglas, Ryan Drobes, Emily Dubois, Chloé Duncan, Emily M Elston, Chloe A Esteban, Nicole Fernandes, Gabriela Ferreira-Airaud, Maria B Finn, Sarah A Fisayo Christie, Jerome Formia, Angela Fossette-Halot, Sabrina Fuentes, Mariana M P B Galloway, Tamara S Godfrey, Matthew H Goodfellow, Joanna Guzmán-Hernández, Vicente Hart, Catherine E Hays, Graeme C Hirsch, Sarah E Hochscheid, Sandra Holloway-Adkins, Karen G Horrocks, Julia A Inoguchi, Emi Inteca, Gélica E Jean, Claire Kaska, Yakup Koumba Mabert, Brice Didier Lambot, Amandine Levy, Yaniv Lewis, Ceri Ley-Quiñonez, César P Lindeque, Penelope K Llamas, Israel Lopez-Martinez, Sergio López-Navas, Javier Mack, Kelsey Madeira, Fernando M Maffucci, Fulvio Majewska, Roksana Mancini, Agnese Mansfield, Katherine L Marco, Adolfo Margaritoulis, Dimitris Marques da Silva, Isabel Martins, Samir Maurer, Andrew S McFarlane, Wendy J Mejías-Balsalobre, Carmen Montello, Maxine A Mortimer, Jeanne A Nelms, Sarah E Nogués Vera, Josep Not, Christelle Novillo-Sanjuan, Olga Oceguera Camacho, Karen Omessi, Omri Ondich, Breanna Outerbridge, Mark Paranthoen, Nicolas Pate, Jessica Pate, S Michelle Patrício, Ana R Paxinos, Odysseas Pearl, Tami Perrault, Justin R Picknell, Angela S Piovano, Susanna Pococa Arellano, Ernesto I Ponteen, Alwyn Prakash, Shritika S Quiros Rosales, Jairo Rae, Vicky Raman, Azzakirat B A Read, Tyffen Reeve-Arnold, Katie E Reina, Richard D Reinhardt, Stefanie Riberiro, Flavia Richardson, Andrew J Rivas, Marga L Rob, Dani Roche Chaloner, Joseph Rogers, Christopher E Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela Rosell, Frank Sacdanaku, Enerit Salgado Gallegos, Yessica M Sanchez, Cheryl Santidrián Tomillo, Pilar Santillo, David Santos de Mora, Denise Sarrouf Willson, Maïa Sassoon, Shir Schultz, Emma A Shapland, Felicity Shaver, Donna J So, Mandy W K Soluri, Kelly Sounguet, Guy-Philippe Sözbilen, Doğan Stapleton, Seth P Steen, David A Stelfox, Martin Stewart, Kimberly M Tanabe, Lyndsey K Tello-Sahagun, Luis A Tomás, Jesús Torreblanca, Davinia Tucker, Anton D Turley, Craig Vassileva, Ivon Vieira, Sara Villalba-Guerra, Martha R Villaseñor Castañeda, Gerardo Villaseñor Llamas, Ricardo Ware, Matthew Weber, Sam B West, Lindsey Whittles, Clemency Whittock, Paul A Widlansky, Joseph Godley, Brendan J Turtles Animals Microplastics Environmental Monitoring Water Pollutants, Chemical Bathing Beaches Geologic Sediments Plastics Sandy coastal beaches are an important nesting habitat for marine turtles and a known sink for plastic pollution. Existing methodologies for monitoring the spatiotemporal patterns of abundance and composition of plastic are, however, disparate. We engaged a global network of marine turtle scientists to implement a large-scale sampling effort to assess microplastic abundance in beach sediments on marine turtle nesting beaches. Sand samples were collected from 209 sites spanning six oceans, microplastics (1-5 mm) were extracted through stacked sieves, visually identified, and a sub-sample verified via Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Microplastics were detected in 45 % (n = 94) of beaches and within five ocean basins. Microplastic presence and abundance was found to vary markedly within and among ocean basins, with the highest proportion of contaminated beaches found in the Mediterranean (80 %). We present all data in an accessible, open access format to facilitate the extension of monitoring efforts and empower novel analytical approaches. |
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| spellingShingle | A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on marine turtle nesting beaches. Botterell, Zara L R Ardren, Jed Dove, Elly McArthur, Ellen Addison, David S Adegbile, Oyeronke M Agamboue, Pierre Didier Agyekumhene, Andrews Allman, Phil Alterman, Alexandra Anderson, Adren Arenholz, Theresa Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel Arnold, Zephania Báez, José C Bahar, Anat Barbosa, Castro Barrios-Garrido, Hector Başkale, Eyup Berumen, Michael L Bézy, Vanessa S Blumenthal, Janice Borja Bosquirolli, Manuela R Boyce, Alysia J Brammer-Robbins, Elizabeth Branco, Maria Brooks, Annabelle M L Bunbury, Nancy Cardona, Luis Chadwick, Helen Chalkias, Giannis Chug, Kimberly Clark, Jessica Cole, Matthew Coppock, Rachel L Cuevas, Eduardo Dawson, Tiffany M Denaro, Maria Donadi, Rodrigo Douglas, Corrine Douglas, Ryan Drobes, Emily Dubois, Chloé Duncan, Emily M Elston, Chloe A Esteban, Nicole Fernandes, Gabriela Ferreira-Airaud, Maria B Finn, Sarah A Fisayo Christie, Jerome Formia, Angela Fossette-Halot, Sabrina Fuentes, Mariana M P B Galloway, Tamara S Godfrey, Matthew H Goodfellow, Joanna Guzmán-Hernández, Vicente Hart, Catherine E Hays, Graeme C Hirsch, Sarah E Hochscheid, Sandra Holloway-Adkins, Karen G Horrocks, Julia A Inoguchi, Emi Inteca, Gélica E Jean, Claire Kaska, Yakup Koumba Mabert, Brice Didier Lambot, Amandine Levy, Yaniv Lewis, Ceri Ley-Quiñonez, César P Lindeque, Penelope K Llamas, Israel Lopez-Martinez, Sergio López-Navas, Javier Mack, Kelsey Madeira, Fernando M Maffucci, Fulvio Majewska, Roksana Mancini, Agnese Mansfield, Katherine L Marco, Adolfo Margaritoulis, Dimitris Marques da Silva, Isabel Martins, Samir Maurer, Andrew S McFarlane, Wendy J Mejías-Balsalobre, Carmen Montello, Maxine A Mortimer, Jeanne A Nelms, Sarah E Nogués Vera, Josep Not, Christelle Novillo-Sanjuan, Olga Oceguera Camacho, Karen Omessi, Omri Ondich, Breanna Outerbridge, Mark Paranthoen, Nicolas Pate, Jessica Pate, S Michelle Patrício, Ana R Paxinos, Odysseas Pearl, Tami Perrault, Justin R Picknell, Angela S Piovano, Susanna Pococa Arellano, Ernesto I Ponteen, Alwyn Prakash, Shritika S Quiros Rosales, Jairo Rae, Vicky Raman, Azzakirat B A Read, Tyffen Reeve-Arnold, Katie E Reina, Richard D Reinhardt, Stefanie Riberiro, Flavia Richardson, Andrew J Rivas, Marga L Rob, Dani Roche Chaloner, Joseph Rogers, Christopher E Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela Rosell, Frank Sacdanaku, Enerit Salgado Gallegos, Yessica M Sanchez, Cheryl Santidrián Tomillo, Pilar Santillo, David Santos de Mora, Denise Sarrouf Willson, Maïa Sassoon, Shir Schultz, Emma A Shapland, Felicity Shaver, Donna J So, Mandy W K Soluri, Kelly Sounguet, Guy-Philippe Sözbilen, Doğan Stapleton, Seth P Steen, David A Stelfox, Martin Stewart, Kimberly M Tanabe, Lyndsey K Tello-Sahagun, Luis A Tomás, Jesús Torreblanca, Davinia Tucker, Anton D Turley, Craig Vassileva, Ivon Vieira, Sara Villalba-Guerra, Martha R Villaseñor Castañeda, Gerardo Villaseñor Llamas, Ricardo Ware, Matthew Weber, Sam B West, Lindsey Whittles, Clemency Whittock, Paul A Widlansky, Joseph Godley, Brendan J Turtles Animals Microplastics Environmental Monitoring Water Pollutants, Chemical Bathing Beaches Geologic Sediments Plastics A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on marine turtle nesting beaches. Botterell, Zara L R Ardren, Jed Dove, Elly McArthur, Ellen Addison, David S Adegbile, Oyeronke M Agamboue, Pierre Didier Agyekumhene, Andrews Allman, Phil Alterman, Alexandra Anderson, Adren Arenholz, Theresa Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel Arnold, Zephania Báez, José C Bahar, Anat Barbosa, Castro Barrios-Garrido, Hector Başkale, Eyup Berumen, Michael L Bézy, Vanessa S Blumenthal, Janice Borja Bosquirolli, Manuela R Boyce, Alysia J Brammer-Robbins, Elizabeth Branco, Maria Brooks, Annabelle M L Bunbury, Nancy Cardona, Luis Chadwick, Helen Chalkias, Giannis Chug, Kimberly Clark, Jessica Cole, Matthew Coppock, Rachel L Cuevas, Eduardo Dawson, Tiffany M Denaro, Maria Donadi, Rodrigo Douglas, Corrine Douglas, Ryan Drobes, Emily Dubois, Chloé Duncan, Emily M Elston, Chloe A Esteban, Nicole Fernandes, Gabriela Ferreira-Airaud, Maria B Finn, Sarah A Fisayo Christie, Jerome Formia, Angela Fossette-Halot, Sabrina Fuentes, Mariana M P B Galloway, Tamara S Godfrey, Matthew H Goodfellow, Joanna Guzmán-Hernández, Vicente Hart, Catherine E Hays, Graeme C Hirsch, Sarah E Hochscheid, Sandra Holloway-Adkins, Karen G Horrocks, Julia A Inoguchi, Emi Inteca, Gélica E Jean, Claire Kaska, Yakup Koumba Mabert, Brice Didier Lambot, Amandine Levy, Yaniv Lewis, Ceri Ley-Quiñonez, César P Lindeque, Penelope K Llamas, Israel Lopez-Martinez, Sergio López-Navas, Javier Mack, Kelsey Madeira, Fernando M Maffucci, Fulvio Majewska, Roksana Mancini, Agnese Mansfield, Katherine L Marco, Adolfo Margaritoulis, Dimitris Marques da Silva, Isabel Martins, Samir Maurer, Andrew S McFarlane, Wendy J Mejías-Balsalobre, Carmen Montello, Maxine A Mortimer, Jeanne A Nelms, Sarah E Nogués Vera, Josep Not, Christelle Novillo-Sanjuan, Olga Oceguera Camacho, Karen Omessi, Omri Ondich, Breanna Outerbridge, Mark Paranthoen, Nicolas Pate, Jessica Pate, S Michelle Patrício, Ana R Paxinos, Odysseas Pearl, Tami Perrault, Justin R Picknell, Angela S Piovano, Susanna Pococa Arellano, Ernesto I Ponteen, Alwyn Prakash, Shritika S Quiros Rosales, Jairo Rae, Vicky Raman, Azzakirat B A Read, Tyffen Reeve-Arnold, Katie E Reina, Richard D Reinhardt, Stefanie Riberiro, Flavia Richardson, Andrew J Rivas, Marga L Rob, Dani Roche Chaloner, Joseph Rogers, Christopher E Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela Rosell, Frank Sacdanaku, Enerit Salgado Gallegos, Yessica M Sanchez, Cheryl Santidrián Tomillo, Pilar Santillo, David Santos de Mora, Denise Sarrouf Willson, Maïa Sassoon, Shir Schultz, Emma A Shapland, Felicity Shaver, Donna J So, Mandy W K Soluri, Kelly Sounguet, Guy-Philippe Sözbilen, Doğan Stapleton, Seth P Steen, David A Stelfox, Martin Stewart, Kimberly M Tanabe, Lyndsey K Tello-Sahagun, Luis A Tomás, Jesús Torreblanca, Davinia Tucker, Anton D Turley, Craig Vassileva, Ivon Vieira, Sara Villalba-Guerra, Martha R Villaseñor Castañeda, Gerardo Villaseñor Llamas, Ricardo Ware, Matthew Weber, Sam B West, Lindsey Whittles, Clemency Whittock, Paul A Widlansky, Joseph Godley, Brendan J Turtles Animals Microplastics Environmental Monitoring Water Pollutants, Chemical Bathing Beaches Geologic Sediments Plastics Sandy coastal beaches are an important nesting habitat for marine turtles and a known sink for plastic pollution. Existing methodologies for monitoring the spatiotemporal patterns of abundance and composition of plastic are, however, disparate. We engaged a global network of marine turtle scientists to implement a large-scale sampling effort to assess microplastic abundance in beach sediments on marine turtle nesting beaches. Sand samples were collected from 209 sites spanning six oceans, microplastics (1-5 mm) were extracted through stacked sieves, visually identified, and a sub-sample verified via Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Microplastics were detected in 45 % (n = 94) of beaches and within five ocean basins. Microplastic presence and abundance was found to vary markedly within and among ocean basins, with the highest proportion of contaminated beaches found in the Mediterranean (80 %). We present all data in an accessible, open access format to facilitate the extension of monitoring efforts and empower novel analytical approaches. |
| title | A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on marine turtle nesting beaches. |
| topic | Turtles Animals Microplastics Environmental Monitoring Water Pollutants, Chemical Bathing Beaches Geologic Sediments Plastics |
| url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40117935/ |