@misc{10481/95068,
year = {2023},
month = {4},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/95068},
abstract = {The main objective of this study is to perform an approximation on the microplastic
pollution on a sandy beach in Costa Nova (Portugal), focused on longitudinal and cross-sectional
transects. The results showed a scarce variability in data, with median concentrations ranging
from 142 to 356 p/kg d.w. and 211 to 270 p/kg d.w. in cross-sectional and longitudinal transects,
respectively. The predominant morphology was microspheres, which accounted for more than 90%
in all samples analysed, whereas the most abundant microplastics were <200 µm in size. Microplastic
contamination was higher than in other Portuguese beaches despite the moderate–low touristic
pressure in Costa Nova, which led us to consider the intense commercial activity of the nearby port
and the Canary and Portuguese currents as possible drivers of microplastic pollution in this area.
However, this study highlights the disparity in data caused by different methodologies used when
similar areas are analysed.},
organization = {FCT/MCTES for their financial support [UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+LA/P/0094/2020], through national funds},
organization = {Portuguese
Science Foundation (FCT) through scholarship [PD/BD/135581/2018] under POCH funds, cofinanced
by the European Social Fund and Portuguese National Funds from MEC},
organization = {Fundación CEI·MAR through mobility programme “Ayudas de Movilidad
Internacional para Estudiantes de Doctorado”, financed by the Secretaría General de Universidades,
Investigación y Tecnología de la Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad de
la Junta de Andalucía},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Microplastic pollution},
keywords = {Sandy beach},
keywords = {Portuguese coast},
title = {Microplastics in Sediments from a Sandy Beach in Costa Nova (Aveiro, Portugal)},
doi = {10.3390/su15076186},
author = {Godoy Calero, Verónica and Correia Prata, Joana and Pérez Muñoz, Antonio and Pinto da Costa, Joao and Rocha Santos, Teresa and Duarte, Armando C.},
}