In the way to extract microplastics from many compartments (fauna, sediment, water..) and study them qualitatively and quantitatively, some articles mention that they measured the weight of those microplastics without giving any detail. How can we give the weight of a microscopic element?
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May I recommend this paper by Rivers et al. (2019) published in "Marine Pollution Bulletin" entitled "Quantification is more than counting: Actions required to accurately quantify and report isolated marine microplastics". It is a good paper to start. They bulk weighed their samples. Please find below a link to the paper:
Article Quantification is more than counting: Actions required to ac...
Thank you Mr. @Viliame for your response and sharing this article with me. I will check in it what we need to know. Best regards.
I feel empathy with you Mohamed Ben-Haddad since I have the same doubt about it.
I think the very small MPs are pretty difficult to measure their weight and even more so if they are in the form of microfibers. However, it may be a good idea to measure the entire set of PM found in a given matrix (and according to its shape) and divide it by the number of items.
Mohamed Ben-Haddad
in respons to the question:
- https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/publications-files/noaa_microplastics_methods_manual.pdf
- Article Plastic density as a key factor in the presence of microplas...
- Chapter Weight of Evidence for the Microplastic Vector Effect in the...
let me know if there’s another highlight related to this question, thanks
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