Sorption of fluorescent polystyrene microplastic particles to edible seaweed Fucus vesiculosus

• Published in: Journal of applied phycology Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 2923 - 2927
• Main Authors: Sundbæk, Kasper Bjerrum, Koch, Ida Due Würtzner, Villaro, Clara Greve, Rasmussen, Niclas Spangegaard, Holdt, Susan Løvstad, Hartmann, Nanna B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 6th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology; Algae; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chemical analysis; Ecology; edible seaweed; Flasks; Fluorescence; Food sources; Foods; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Fucus vesiculosus; Life Sciences; macroalgae; Methods; Microplastics; Microscopy; Oceans; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plastic debris; Pollution; Polystyrene; Polystyrene resins; polystyrenes; Procedures; sea vegetables; Seafood; Seafoods; Seawater; Seaweeds; Sorption; Tips; washing; Water analysis; Plastic debris; Adsorption; Sea vegetables; Marine litter; Bladderwrack; Macroalgae

Increased global demands for food have raised interest for seaweed as a healthy and sustainable food source. At the same time, the large amounts of microplastic in the oceans have raised concern in relation to pollution of seafood including sea vegetables. The aim of this study was to examine sorpti...